Video Library and Case Studies
Browse various recordings, including interviews, case discussions and panel discussions to learn more about patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defect (ASD) closure. Refer to the case studies to learn more about the application and use of the GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder and GORE® CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder in various anatomies.
Video Library
PFO Closure Therapy
Anticoagulation: Better treatment option than PFO closure or antiplatelet therapy?
A review of the clinical evidence of anticoagulation in comparison to PFO closure and antiplatelet therapy to reduce recurrent stroke risk in cryptogenic stroke patients.
Patient Selection
The case for PFO closure: Preventing recurrent stroke in cryptogenic stroke patients
Understanding the right patient for PFO closure.
Is your stroke patient a candidate for PFO closure?
Learn key points to consider when evaluating cryptogenic stroke patients and how to utilize the RoPE score to determine if PFO closure should be considered.
Patient selection: RoPE score for PFO closure patient selection
Learn how to use the RoPE Score to determine PFO attributable risk.
PFO closure patient selection: Should PFO size influence your patient management decision?
A clinical evidence review of PFO size/morphology in the reduction in recurrent stroke.
Do PFO characteristics determine recurrent stroke?
Learn about the evidence available on the effects of PFO size/morphology in the reduction in recurrent stroke.
PFO and stroke workup: Steps to determine etiology of ischemic stroke
Learn about a three-step process for evaluation of stroke – tissue, vessel and embolic.
PFO detection: What’s the gold standard – TCD, TTE, or TEE?
A review and comparison of the different methods used to detect a PFO.
Case study: To close or not to close? 52-year-old female
See what factors were considered to determine if a patient was right for PFO closure.
Case study: To close or not to close? 70-year-old male
See what factors were considered to determine if patient was right for PFO closure.
Case Studies
Closure of an ASD with a GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder in a Small Infant with Chronic Lung Disease
Closure of a Large Defect with Deficient Retroaortic Tissue (Pediatric) with a GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder
Closure of a Multi-fenestrated Defect with a Gore Cardioform Septal Occluder
Long tunnel PFO case studies
TCT case discussions
with John M. Lasala, M.D.
Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, M.D.
Matthew Price, M.D.
- PFO Closure workup: Atrial Fibrillation monitoring prior to PFO Closure
- Post PFO Closure Atrial Fibrillation Management
- Complex PFO Closure Case: Thick Secundum
- Complex PFO Closure Case: Atrial Septal Aneurysm and device embolization
- Complex PFO Closure Case: Atrial Septal Aneurysm and Long Tunnel
- Complex PFO Closure Case: Atrial Septal Aneurysm and Long Tunnel with transseptal puncture
- Complex PFO Closure Case: Long Tunnel
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