Key result
Transcatheter atrial communication closure across an IVC filter proves feasible in 4 patients.
Why the study?
Few data are available regarding treatment of patients with an inferior vena caval filter and concurrent right-to-left shunting across an atrial communication.
Case Report (n=4)
Transcatheter device closure of an atrial communication is feasible in patients with an existing inferior vena cava filter.
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Supports feasibility across IVC filters in select patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before wider use.
Patients who suffer from an embolic event often undergo placement of an inferior vena caval filter. Few data are available regarding treatment of this patient population with concurrent right‐to‐left shunting across an atrial communication. We report four cases of transcatheter device closure of an atrial communication across an inferior vena cava filter. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:333–337.
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Rhodes et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Embolic event with concurrent right-to-left shunting across an atrial communication and an inferior vena cava filter (n=4). Transcatheter device closure of an atrial communication across an inferior vena cava filter was evaluated. Transcatheter device closure of an atrial communication across an inferior vena cava filter was reported in four patients.
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