Datta Tanuka, Ruggiero Nicholas, Peters Andrew, Pender Ashley, Vishnevsky Alec, Mehrotra Praveen
Division of Cardiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CASE (Phila). 2022 Nov 30;7(1):14-20. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2022.10.007. eCollection 2023 Jan.
• Terminology for PFO tunnel sizing remains unstandardized. • Device size selection for transcatheter PFO closure is highly variable. • Tunnel width measurements may be a better descriptor of PFO size. • Wire sizing may be a useful technique for assessment of PFO dimensions. • PFO sizing strategies based on tunnel width need to be better studied.
• 卵圆孔未闭(PFO)隧道大小的术语仍未标准化。
• 经导管PFO封堵术的器械尺寸选择差异很大。
• 隧道宽度测量可能是描述PFO大小的更好方法。
• 导丝测量可能是评估PFO尺寸的有用技术。
• 基于隧道宽度的PFO尺寸测量策略需要进一步深入研究。