[Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale with amplatzer device. Report of two cases].

OBJECTIVE

We present two cases of Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) treated with percutaneous Amplatzer device.

METHOD: The first case corresponds to 48 years old woman with Ebstein's disease with moderate to severe hemodynamic repercussion and three cerebrovascular accidents, the last one under coumarin treatment, she received antiarrhythmic medication and despite of it developed 1st degree AV block, supraventricular and ventricular ectopia, rigth branch block. The second case corresponds to a 22 years old man with antecedents of cerebrovascular accident at the age of 21 with sequelae of convulsive crisis. Both patients were percutaneously treated with Amplatzer devices. The first patient was treated with a foramen ovale device and second with septal occluder due to the diameter of the foramen. Both patients have remained asymptomatic during the follow-up period.

CONCLUSIONS

The PFO devices are indicated for patients with a history of cerebrovascular accidents.