The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Interventions for structural heart disease
A propensity score-matched comparison between Cardia and Amplatzer PFO closure devices - insights from the SOLUTION registry (Swiss percutaneOus patent foramen ovale cLosUre in recurrent clinical events prevenTION)
EuroIntervention 2015;11:230-237 published online ahead of print May 2014. DOI: 10.4244/EIJY14M05_05
Serban Puricel1, MD; Diego Arroyo1, MD; Jean-Jacques Goy1,2, MD; Fabien Praz3, MD; Nuno Palhais1, MD; Andreas Wahl3, MD; Jean-Christophe Stauffer1, MD; Mario Togni1, MD; Alexandre Berger2, MD; Bernhard Meier3, MD; Stéphane Cook1*, MD
1. The University Hospital Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; 2. The Cecil Clinic, Lausanne, Switzerland; 3. The University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Aims: To compare clinical outcome of Amplatzer PFO (APFO) to Cardia PFO (CPFO) occluder. Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure prevents stroke recurrence in stroke due to parado