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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(1):158-159; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.05.006
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Eustachian valve interfering with transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale

Philip Roelandt and Werner Budts*

Department of Cardiology, UZ Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Received 26 April 2007; accepted after revision 10 May 2007; online publish-ahead-of-print 9 July 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +32 16 344369; fax: +32 16 344240. E-mail address: werner.budts{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be


  Abstract

A prominent Eustachian valve (EV) is a common finding in patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Its presence might compromise transcatheter closure of the PFO.

Keywords: Intrasept; Patent foramen ovale; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Percutaneous closure


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