Efficacy of different devices for transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale assessed by serial transoesophageal echocardiography and rates of recurrent cerebrovascular events in a long-term follow-up

Blerim Luani, MD; Sinisa Markovic, MD; Ulrike Krumsdorf, MD; Wolfgang Rottbauer, MD; Jochen Wöhrle*, MD, FESC

Clinic of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Aims: Closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) is non-inferior to medical treatment for patients with cryptogenic stroke. Results in randomised trials might be based on the different types o

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