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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.
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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.
Fluoroscopic positioning and deployment of 18 mm Amplatzer Cribriform Septal Occluder.
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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.