Propensity-Score Matched Comparison of the Cera PFO Occluder With the Amplatzer PFO Occluder for Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale Without Echocardiographic Guidance.

Ulmi, Mirjam; Praz, Fabien; Siontis, George C M; Wahl, Andreas; Windecker, Stephan; Mattle, Heinrich; Meier, Bernhard (2017). Propensity-Score Matched Comparison of the Cera PFO Occluder With the Amplatzer PFO Occluder for Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale Without Echocardiographic Guidance. The journal of invasive cardiology, 29(8), pp. 280-284. HMP Communications

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BACKGROUND

Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure has become a routine procedure and was proven to be safe and feasible. In a recently published pooled analysis of randomized trials, percutaneous PFO closure was shown to more effectively reduce recurrent stroke when compared with medical therapy in patients with cryptogenic strokes. However, procedural safety and closure rate are device dependent.

METHODS

We performed a propensity-score matched comparison of 28 patients undergoing percutaneous PFO closure using the Cera PFO occluder (CPO) with 28 patients who received the Amplatzer PFO occluder (APO). The main endpoints were procedural complications and closure rate at 6 months verified by transesophageal echocardiography.

RESULTS

The implantation procedure using the CPO was successful and without complications in all cases. After propensity-score matching, there was no significant difference between groups for the primary endpoint of residual shunt at 6 months (7% in the CPO group vs 4% in the APO group; log-rank test P=.15).

CONCLUSIONS

With regard to procedural safety and closure rate at 6 months, the performance of the CPO is comparable with the APO in this small patient cohort.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology

UniBE Contributor:

Mattle, Heinrich

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1557-2501

Publisher:

HMP Communications

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stefanie Hetzenecker

Date Deposited:

24 Oct 2017 10:23

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:06

PubMed ID:

28570259

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/102116

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