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PFO closure: End of an era or beginning of a new chapter?
Key Points This large long‐term retrospective cohort study shows that percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is safe. Higher rates of recurrent stroke or TIA were noted in older patients (age>55) and those with diabetes and hypertension Randomized trials have failed to show significant benefit from PFO closure for cryptogenic stroke though pooled analyses and longer‐term follow‐up have revealed significant reduction in recurrent strokes. Future studies and longer‐term follow‐up will need to elucidate which subgroups of patients will benefit from closure.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - January 23, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Mahmoud I. Traina, E. Murat Tuzcu Tags: Editorial Comment Source Type: research

Long ‐term follow‐up after PFO device closure
ConclusionsDevice closure of PFO can be performed safely with very good long‐term resolution of atrial shunting. Recurrent neurologic events after PFO closure may reflect additional comorbid risk factors unrelated to the potential for paradoxical embolism. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - March 28, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Nathaniel W. Taggart, Guy S. Reeder, Ryan J. Lennon, Joshua P. Slusser, Monique A. Freund, Allison K. Cabalka, Frank Cetta, Donald J. Hagler Tags: Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases Source Type: research

Long‐term follow‐up after PFO device closure
ConclusionsDevice closure of PFO can be performed safely with very good long‐term resolution of atrial shunting. Recurrent neurologic events after PFO closure may reflect additional comorbid risk factors unrelated to the potential for paradoxical embolism. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - March 28, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Nathaniel W. Taggart, Guy S. Reeder, Ryan J. Lennon, Joshua P. Slusser, Monique A. Freund, Allison K. Cabalka, Frank Cetta, Donald J. Hagler Tags: Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases Source Type: research

Thin strut bare metal stents in patients with atrial fibrillation: Is there still a need for BMS?
ConclusionBare metal stenting in AF patients delivered acceptably low TLR and MACE rates while having the benefit of a significantly shorter DAPT duration in a DES dominated clinical practice. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - December 9, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Matthias Leschke, Matthias Waliszewski, Maxime Pons, Stanislas Champin, Lyassine Nait Saidi, Tay Mok Heang, Oteh Maskon, Wan Azman Bin Wan Ahmad, Denny Herberger, Marc‐Eric Moulichon, Jérôme Rischner, Christophe Robin, Florence Leclercq, Jean‐Pascal Tags: Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research

Impact of Glomerular filtration rate on clinical outcomes after carotid artery revascularization in 11,832 patients from the CARE registry
ConclusionsPatients with CKD have a greater number of comorbidities and worse unadjusted in‐hospital and 30‐day outcomes; CKD was not, however, an independent predictor of in‐hospital and 30‐day outcomes after carotid artery revascularization. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - May 3, 2014 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Luis Gruberg, Allen Jeremias, John H. Rundback, H. Vernon Anderson, John A. Spertus, Kevin F. Kennedy, Kenneth A. Rosenfield Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research

Left atrial appendage occlusion in octogenarians: Short‐term and one‐year follow‐up
Conclusions: LAA closure is a safe and efficacious method of stroke prevention in the very elderly with atrial fibrillation. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - November 21, 2013 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sameer Gafoor, Jennifer Franke, Stefan Bertog, Patrick Boehm, Luisa Heuer, Maik Gonzaga, Janine Bauer, Annkathrin Braut, Simon Lam, Laura Vaskelyte, Ilona Hofmann, Horst Sievert Tags: Original Study Source Type: research

Impact of glomerular filtration rate on clinical outcomes following carotid artery revascularization in 11,832 patients from the care registry®
Conclusions: CKD patients have a greater number of comorbidities, and worse unadjusted in‐hospital and 30‐day outcomes, CKD was not, however, an independent predictor of in‐hospital and 30‐day outcomes after carotid artery revascularization. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - July 1, 2013 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Luis Gruberg, Allen Jeremias, John H. Rundback, H. Vernon Anderson, John A. Spertus, Kevin F. Kennedy, Kenneth A. Rosenfield Tags: Original Study Source Type: research