NobleStitch EL PFO Closure Guided by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Paradoxical embolism secondary to a persistent patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a significant source of embolic stroke and increasingly has been targeted by percutaneous interventional techniques. Both implanted devices and, more recently, deviceless closure methods (ie, suturing) have been developed. Although device closure methods historically have been the predominant approach, issues related to the implanted devices, such as migration,...