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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Sep 18;83(3):467–473. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25063

Table II. Demographic and Implant Data.


Median age at implant (range) 45 years (14–72)
Indication for closure
Stroke/TIA 191/229
Migraine 5/229
Platypnea-deoxy syndrome 9/229
Othera 24/229
Median PFO balloon size (range) 8 mm (2–17)
Atrial septal aneurysm (%) 89/229 (39%)
Long tunnel anatomy (%) 79/229 (34%)
Median procedural time (min) (range) 32 (5–105)
Median X-ray dose (cGy/cm2) (range) 366 (5–7186)
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Including coronary paradoxical embolus, and embolus to other (noncerebral) organs, residual shunt after previous closure.