Patent foramen ovale post-surgical complications


 * Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [mailto:psingh@perfuse.org]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [mailto:kfeeney@perfuse.org]

Complications
Device related complications
 * Device embolism
 * Device entrapment
 * Vessel rupture

Other complications
 * Perforation of atrial wall
 * Air embolism
 * Thrombus formation around the device
 * Infective endocarditis.