Table 2. Procedural details and in-hospital complications of people included in the registry.

	PFO closure procedures (n = 973)*
Anaesthesia, n (%):
General	700 (74.9%)
Local with sedation	160 (17.1%)
Local only	75 (8.0%)
Intra-operative echo imaging, n (%):
TOE (planned) or TTE)	694 (73.6%)
ICE planned	208 (22.1%)
ⱡUnplanned (TOE/ICE)	10 (1.1%)
None	31 (3.3%)
Device, n(%):
Abbot (Amplatzer range)	523 (54.9%)
GORE (Cardioform Septal Occluder)	288 (30.2%)
Occlutech (Figulla Flex)	121 (12.7%)
Other (incl. combination)	21 (2.2%)
Procedural duration (mins), median (Q1:Q3) [range]	45 (30,60) [0–229]
Major complications, n (%)	8 (0.8% [95% CI 0.4 to 1.6]%)
Minor complication, n (%)	23 (2.4% [95% CI 1.5 to 3.5]%)
Any complication, n (%)	30 (3.3%, [95% CI 2.2:4.6]); from 970 available *
Device implanted, n (%)	934 (99.4%, [95% CI 98.6:99.8]), from 940 available *
Procedural success † , n (%)	928 (95.4%, [95% CI 93.9:96.6]), from 973 available *

Abbreviations: CI, 95% confidence interval; ICE, intracardiac echocardiography; TOE, transoesophageal echocardiogram; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram.

* Not all data fields were complete for every patient at baseline and follow-up. The percentages presented in this table were calculated using the number of patients with each characteristic reported as the denominator.

^† Defined as device implanted successfully in absence of major complications.

^ⱡ Unplanned at start of procedure