A new echocardiographic index to select patients for PFO suture-mediated percutaneous closure.

Achille Gaspardone Gregory A SguegliaCarlo GaspardoneAntonella De SantisEmanuela D'AscoliFabiana PiccioniMaria IameleMaria Benedetta GiannicoCarmela TarsiaFrancesco Versaci

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2023)

The results of this study indicate that the ratio between the maximum amplitude of the PFO and the minimum overlap of the septa is the best predictive index of a favorable result by using one stitch only.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
minimally invasive
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
heart failure
mitral valve
patient reported outcomes
resting state
functional connectivity
left atrial
patient reported