PFO CLOSURE
Friday, October 16, 2026 from 16:00 CEST
Moderators:
Stefan Bertog, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, USA
Horst Sievert, CardioVascular Center CVC Frankfurt, Germany
Panelists:
Hidehiko Hara, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Clifford Kavinsky, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, USA
Program:
History of the discovery of PFO and ASD and their treatment (from Leonardo da Vinci to King & Mills to pivotal randomized trials) >> John Carroll, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA
PFO detection using transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography >> Bushra Rana, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
PFO detection using transcranial Doppler >> Paola Palazzo, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland
Residual leak: incidence and clinical significance >> tba
Atrial fibrillation after PFO closure: incidence, detection, course, and treatment >> Robert Sommer, Columbia University, New York, USA
Expanding PFO closure >> David Thaler, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA
Case presentation from start to finish >> Stefan Bertog, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, USA
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