“…In a recent paediatric study, however, the measured level of heparinisation correlated negatively with procedure time. 31 A total of only 15 emboli, <0.1% of the total number detected, were not directly temporally related to a specific catheter or device manipulation. These signals, which we have determined to label as random, were instead detected during a period of occluder device preparation or, more commonly, following balloon inflation.…”