Patent foramen ovale post-surgical complications

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [3]

Possible post-surgical complications include device related complications, as well as other complications such as perforation of the atrial wall, air embolism, thrombus formation, and infective endocarditis.

• Device embolism
• Device entrapment
• Vessel rupture

• Perforation of atrial wall
• Air embolism
• Thrombus formation around the device
• Infective endocarditis.

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