After decades of debate, patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is now a well-established strategy to reduce recurrent stroke in patients aged 18–60 years who have had a PFO-associated stroke.1 Patients who underwent PFO closure continue to have a higher stroke risk ...
The foramen ovale, an obligatory channel, allows placental oxygenated blood to directly reach the fetal arterial circulation and remains patent in 25% of the adult population.1 Patency provides a potential gateway for venous emboli to reach the arterial circulation, potentially resulting ...
D Ahmed (Presenting Author) - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; RJ Schilling - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; S Honarbaksh - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; V Kanthasamy - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; MJ Earley - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; R Hunter - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; M Finlay - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; G Wong - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; E Maclean - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; A Creta - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; M Finlay - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
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Introduction: It is now quite common for patients to be able go home on the same day after their AF ablation. A contributing factor of this is the Proglide Suture-Mediated Closure System which allows quick recovery after large bore venous ...
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