Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale - position paper of Czech association of interventional cardiology, Czech neurological society and Czech association of cardiac imaging of Czech society of cardiology

Abstract

This expert opinion represents the opinion of the above mentioned professional companies and was developed in accordance with the scientific and medical knowledge available at the time of preparation of the publication. The aim of this document is to assist physicians in choosing the best diagnostic and treatment procedure for each patient with a given disease.

Keywords

• Patent foramen ovale
• cryptogenic stroke
• decompression sickness
• paradoxical embolus
• percutaneous closure
• platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome
• septal occluders
• systemic embolisation