Safety Outcomes After Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We sought to evaluate the real-world rate of safety outcomes after patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using administrative claims data on all hospitalizations from 2005 to 2013 in New York, California, and Florida. Using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes, we identified patients who underwent percutaneous transcatheter PFO closure within 1 year of ischemic stroke or TIA. Our outcome was an adverse event occurring during the hospitalization for PFO closure, defined as in prior studies as atrial fibrillation or flutter, cardiac tamponade, pneumothorax, hemothorax, a vascular acces

SUBMITTER: Merkler AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5699514 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature