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Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale and Secundum Atrial Septal Defects with the GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder: Incidence and Implications of Device Wire Frame Fracture

Biagio Castaldi^1,*, Giulio Cabrelle¹, Massimo Padalino², Vladimiro Vida², Ornella Milanesi¹, Giovanni Di Salvo¹

1 Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
2 Department of Cardio-Thoracic Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

* Corresponding Author: Biagio Castaldi. Email: