Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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A Case of Successful Transcatheter Device Closure of Small Atrial Septal Defect in a Patient with Cerebral Infarction Presumably Caused by Paradoxical Emboli

  • Kim, Kye-Hun (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Lee, Woo-Seok (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Cho, Jung-Sun (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Yoon, Hyun-Ju (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Ahn, Young-Keun (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Jeong, Myung-Ho (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Cho, Jeong-Gwan (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Park, Jong-Chun (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Kang, Jung-Chaee (The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences)
  • Published : 2008.03.27

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Abstract

Precutaneous transcatheter device closure of interatrial communications is used as an alternative to surgery or long-term anticoagulation for the treatment of patients with paradoxical cerebral embolism. We report a case of successful percutaneous transcatheter closure of small atrial septal defect in a 34 year old female patient with acute cerebral infarction presumably caused by paradoxical embolism through the defect.

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