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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure In Kings
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If you have a PFO larger than 25 millimeters, a provider will probably do PFO closure surgery instead of using the catheter method.
You may need to lie flat for a few hours after the procedure without bending your legs. This position will help prevent bleeding. Your healthcare provider might prescribe medicine to keep your blood from clotting. You may get pain medicine if needed.
You may be asleep for the procedure, or you may get a sedative to help you relax. Your doctor makes a small cut in your groin. Then the catheter, with tools inside it, is put into your blood vessel and carefully guided to your heart. Your doctor moves the tip of the catheter to place a small device inside the PFO.
MEDICATION. Your doctor may prescribe blood-thinning medication to reduce your chance of having blood clots. Aspirin (taken daily) is the recommended medication for most patients to reduce the risk of having another ischemic stroke. Some physicians recommend stronger blood-thinning medications called anticoagulants.
If closure is required, cardiac catheterization can be used to place a device through a long, thin tube guided through blood vessels to the heart to close the foramen ovale.
People with symptomatic or large PFOs may benefit from a procedure to close the hole. Specialists in our Interventional Cardiology Program use a long, flexible tube (catheter) to insert a closure device in the hole. This device closes the PFO and prevents blood flow between the left and right atria.
If you were born with a hole in your heart that never closed, known as a patent foramen ovale (PFO), you may need a procedure to correct it. Penn Medicine cardiologists use interventional techniques to close a patent foramen ovale without opening your chest for surgery.
After 5 days, no heavy activity that causes deep/heavy breathing for 6-8 weeks. No driving for 5 days. No tub baths, swimming, or hot tubs for 7 days. Most patients return to work within one week.
Treatment. This condition is not treated unless there are other heart problems, symptoms, or if the person had a stroke caused by a blood clot to the brain. Treatment most often requires a procedure called cardiac catheterization, which is performed by a trained cardiologist to permanently seal the PFO.
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A PFO closure fills an opening between your heart's two upper chambers. If you have a PFO and low blood oxygen levels or an unexplained stroke, you may need a procedure to close the hole.The medical term for this opening in the heart is a patent foramen ovale. (PFO). Patent foramen ovale closure is a procedure to close a hole in the heart. We use minimally invasive approaches to treat PFO without open-chest surgery. A PFO closure uses a medical device to close an opening between your heart's two upper chambers. You only need this opening as a fetus. Patent foramen transcatheter repair is a procedure to fix this hole in the heart. Normally, the atrial septum separates the right and left atria. PFOs, on the other hand, are normal before birth but may fail to close after birth.