case_images: PMC5727695_01
case_images: Agitated saline contrast study showing (a) 4 chambers prior contrast infusion. (b) Agitated saline entering the RA. (c) and (d) Arrows demonstrating right-to-left shunt into the LA and LV. RV: right ventricle; LV: left ventricle; RA: right atria; LA: left atria. Arrows throughout indicate direction of the agitated saline flow.
case_images: CRICC2017-4397163.001.jpg
case_images: PMC5727695_01_CRICC2017-4397163.001.jpg
case_images: fig1
case_images: Trendelenburg position demonstrating a strongly and obvious right-to-left shunt through a PFO (Figure 1). The defect was emergently closed using an 18 mm Amplatzer Cribriform Septal Occluder (Figure 2). The patient expressed sudden severe chest pain after the procedure.
case_images: Fluoroscopic positioning and deployment of 18 mm Amplatzer Cribriform Septal Occluder.
case_images: CRICC2017-4397163.002.jpg
case_images: PMC5727695_01_CRICC2017-4397163.002.jpg
case_images: fig2
case_images: Trendelenburg position demonstrating a strongly and obvious right-to-left shunt through a PFO (Figure 1). The defect was emergently closed using an 18 mm Amplatzer Cribriform Septal Occluder (Figure 2). The patient expressed sudden severe chest pain after the procedure.