Residual Shunt After Patent Foramen Ovale Closure and Long-Term Stroke Recurrence : A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Residual shunt is observed in up to 25% of patients after patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, but its long-term influence on stroke recurrence currently is unknown.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of residual shunt after PFO closure with the incidence of recurrent stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA).

DESIGN: Prospective cohort study comparing stroke or TIA recurrence in patients with and without residual shunt after PFO closure.

SETTING: Single hospital center.

PARTICIPANTS: 1078 consecutive patients (mean age, 49.3 years) with PFO-attributable cryptogenic stroke who were undergoing percutaneous PFO closure were followed for up to 11 years.

MEASUREMENTS: Residual shunt was evaluated by transthoracic echocardiography with saline contrast. Primary outcome was a composite of the first recurrent ischemic stroke or TIA after PFO closure.

RESULTS: Compared with complete closure, the presence of residual shunt after PFO closure was associated with an increased incidence of recurrent stroke or TIA: 2.32 versus 0.75 events per 100 patient-years (hazard ratio [HR], 3.05 [95% CI, 1.65 to 5.62]; P < 0.001). This result remained robust after adjustment for important covariates, namely age; study period; device; presence of atrial septal aneurysm, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypercoagulability, or hypermobile septum; and medication use (HR, 3.01 [CI, 1.59 to 5.69]; P < 0.001). Further stratification based on shunt size revealed that moderate or large residual shunts were associated with a higher risk for stroke or TIA recurrence (HR, 4.50 [CI, 2.20 to 9.20]; P < 0.001); the result for small residual shunts was indeterminate (HR, 2.02 [CI, 0.87 to 4.69]; P = 0.102).

LIMITATION: Nonrandomized study with potential unmeasured confounding.

CONCLUSION: Among patients undergoing PFO closure to prevent future stroke, the presence of residual shunt, particularly a moderate or large residual shunt, was associated with an increased risk for stroke or TIA recurrence.

PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institutes of Health.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Ann Intern Med. 2020 Dec 1;173(11):946-947. - PMID 33253613

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:172

Enthalten in:

Annals of internal medicine - 172(2020), 11 vom: 02. Juni, Seite 717-725

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deng, Wenjun [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Shanye [VerfasserIn]
McMullin, David [VerfasserIn]
Inglessis-Azuaje, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Elmariah, Sammy [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Judy [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Eng H [VerfasserIn]
Palacios, Igor F [VerfasserIn]
Buonanno, Ferdinando S [VerfasserIn]
Ning, MingMing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aneurysms
Echocardiography
Factor analysis
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Ischemic stroke
Journal Article
Longitudinal studies
Medical risk factors
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Stroke
Transient ischemic attacks

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Date Completed 16.11.2020

Date Revised 20.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ann Intern Med. 2020 Dec 1;173(11):946-947. - PMID 33253613

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7326/M19-3583

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NLM310046629