Are there any indications to close a PFO during pregnancy if a woman had a cryptogenic stroke in her first trimester?

Topics: Cardiology • Adult Congenital Heart Disease • Structural Heart Disease • Patent Foramen Ovale

Answer from: at Academic Institution

In general, PFO closure is a secondary prevention procedure for PFO-associated stroke. In a pregnant patient, our usual preference would be to treat her stroke, continue ASA therapy (or therapy recommended by neurology) and ensure air filters on IVs (and all other stroke prevention) throughout any h...

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at Mercy Health The Heart Institute Fairfield
Pregnancy is a very thrombogenic time; there are m...

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