TY - EJOU AU - Zhang, Caojin AU - Hu, Haibo AU - Zhang, Gangcheng AU - Wang, Qiguang AU - Chen, Xiaobin AU - Cheng, Yingzhang AU - Shen, Qunshan AU - Yuan, Jie AU - Zhang, Wenqi AU - Li, Yuanshi AU - Zheng, Xuan AU - Pan, Xiangbin AU - Diseases, Professional Committee of National Quality Management and Control Center for Structural Heart AU - Committee, Professional of Structural Heart Diseases of the National Cardiovascular Disease Expert TI - 2025 Chinese Expert Consensus on Clinical Applications of Biodegradable Patent Foramen Ovale Occluders T2 - Structural and Congenital Heart Disease PY - 2025 VL - 20 IS - 4 SN - 3071-1738 AB - Compared with traditional nickel-titanium alloy patent foramen ovale occluders, which are widely used in clinical practice, biodegradable patent foramen ovale occluders have obvious differences in material characteristics, interventional operation mode and postoperative management strategy. This article gives expert consensus on the selection of clinical indications and standardized operating procedures, so as to standardize the clinical application of biodegradable patent foramen ovale occluders. KW - Patent foramen ovale; biodegradable; occluder DO - 10.32604/chd.2025.071050