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ReviewNetherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation2018

Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale after cryptogenic stroke.

R J R Snijder, M J Suttorp, J M Ten Berg, M C Post

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Review in Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R J R SnijderDepartment of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. rj.snijder@antoniusziekenhuis.nl.
M J SuttorpDepartment of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
J M Ten BergDepartment of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
M C PostDepartment of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
St. Antonius Ziekenhuis · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A patent foramen ovale is a common intracardiac finding that is located between the left and right atrium. It can cause right-to-left shunting and has a high prevalence in patients who suffer a cryptogenic stroke. Earlier trials did not show superiority of percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure with standard medical therapy over standard medical therapy alone in the treatment of cryptogenic stroke. Interestingly, several meta-analyses show positive results regarding closure, suggesting underpowering of the individual trials. Recently, two large prospective trials and one long-term follow-up study showed benefit of percutaneous closure over standard medical therapy in treatment of cryptogenic stroke. A larger right-to-left shunt or the presence of an atrial septal aneurysm were predictors for a recurrent event. Therefore, percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure after cryptogenic stroke should be recommended over antiplatelet therapy alone in patients younger than 55 years of age with a high-risk patent foramen ovale.

Indexed as

Patent foramen ovalePercutaneous PFO closureStroke

Identifiers

PMID29204774
PMCPMC5758454
OpenAlexW2774816594

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