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Table 1 Characteristics, procedural features and outcomes of 132 consecutive patients submitted to Device Closure

From: Patent foramen ovale closure by using transesophageal echocardiography for cryptogenic stroke: single center experience in 132 consecutive patients

Parameter

PFO

No of patients

132

Men/Women

64/68

Age (years)

(range)

39.40 ± 13.22

(12–68)

Diameter of the PFO (mm)

2.37 ± 0.95

Migraine

57 (43.2%)

IASA

45 (34.1%)

Eustachian valve

15 (11.4%)

Procedural time (min)

29.76 ± 9.67

Successful closure

132 (100%)

Complications (Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation)

4 (3.0%)

Follow-up (months)

27.0 ± 9.1

Stroke recurrence

0

Migraine improvement

42/57 (73.7%)

Selection of the occluder

 18/18 mm

23 (17.4%)

 18/25 mm

25 (18.9%)

 25/25 mm

72 (54.5%)

 25/35 mm

3 (2.3%)

 30/30 mm

9 (6.8%)

right disk diameter (mm)

24.3 ± 3.5

left disk diameter (mm)

22.8 ± 3.8

  1. IASA Interatrial septal aneurysm, PFO Patent foramen ovale