Who qualifies for PFO closure?

A healthcare provider may recommend a PFO closure procedure if: You've had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) more than once. You've had cryptogenic (from an unknown cause) strokes more than once. You have a low level of oxygen in your blood.

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A healthcare provider may recommend a PFO closure procedure if: You've had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) more than once. You've had cryptogenic (from an unknown cause) strokes more than once. You have a low level of oxygen in your blood.

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.

Some researchers say a PFO closure doesn't reduce your stroke risk much more than medication. But others have found that having a catheter-based procedure for PFO closure and taking blood-thinning drugs like aspirin gives people a lower rate of stroke than people who received only aspirin.

People who do not respond to medication may need a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure. Your interventional cardiologist closes the PFO with a small closure device. This is done in a cardiac catheterization (cath) laboratory.

Your Recovery The procedure can help prevent a stroke in some people. Your doctor used a thin, flexible tube called a catheter to place a small device that closes the PFO. After the procedure, you may stay the night in the hospital. Or you may go home the same day.

Procedures to close a patent foramen ovale include: Device closure. In this procedure, the provider inserts a thin, flexible tube called a catheter into a blood vessel in the groin area. The catheter tip has a device to plug the PFO . Surgical closure. In this heart surgery, the surgeon uses stitches to close the PFO .

PFO/ASO Closure with ICE (93580 with 93662): Bill ICE-guided PFO closure with CPT 93580 (CardioSEALs, AMPLATZER™ Occluder, etc.). Bill 93580 has ICE/TEE codes if echocardiography was performed during PFO closure.

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This guideline addresses the appropriateness of transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO). Move a special balloon on a catheter to the area of the hole.Inflate the balloon to measure the size of the hole. 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. Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) reduces the risk of recurrent cryptogenic stroke specifically in younger patients. Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) reduces the risk of recurrent cryptogenic stroke specifically in younger patients. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole in the wall between the heart's two upper chambers (atria). Before birth all babies have this opening.

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