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Patent Foramen Ovale [PDF]

open access: yesTexas Heart Institute Journal, 2014
Structural-heart-disease specialists perform procedures that will correct anatomic abnormalities of the heart, such as patent foramen ovale (PFO): a congenital opening in the interatrial septum. In utero, the foramen ovale is an extremely important structure, because it enables oxygenated blood from the placenta to travel from the fetus's right atrium ...
Matt Morgan   +2 more
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Literature Review on Morphology and Morphometry of Foramen Ovale in Indian Skulls [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Foramen ovale is seen in the base of the skull connecting the infratemporal fossa and middle cranial fossa. Knowledge of the exact location and dimensions of foramen ovale is essential for trigeminal rhizotomy, electroencephalogram of the temporal lobe ...
Manickam Subramanian   +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of patent foramen ovale closure versus medical therapy alone after cryptogenic stroke

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Background Closure of a patent foramen ovale reduces the risk of recurrent stroke compared with medical therapy alone in young patients with cryptogenic strokes revealed by randomized control trials.
Yoko Shijoh   +3 more
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Evaluation of fetal foramen ovale blood flow by pulsed Doppler ultrasonography combined with spatiotemporal image correlation

open access: yesCardiovascular Ultrasound, 2021
Objective The objective of this study was to determine fetal foramen ovale blood flow utilizing pulsed Doppler combined with spatiotemporal image correlation.
Wenjuan Tang   +5 more
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Research progress of migraine and patent foramen ovale

open access: yesChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021
Migraine is a common clinical chronic neurovascular disease, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Studies have shown that patent foramen ovale (PFO) may be related to migraine, such as transient hypoxemia caused by patent foramen ...
LIU Kai   +6 more
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The foramen ovale from the fetal to neonatal life span

open access: yesPediatria Polska, 2021
The foramen ovale is an important structure that ensures the functioning of the fetal circulatory system. The work describes process of atrial septum formation from the embryonic stage to the neonatal period. Human atrial septation is inefficient process
Monika Wójtowicz-Marzec
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Morphometric measurements and morphology of foramen ovale in dry human skulls and its relations with neighboring osseous structures

open access: yesMedicine Science, 2021
The importance of the location of the foramen ovale (FO) is particularly evident in external approaches to the skull base. Neighboring structures are of great importance in surgical interventions such as approaches used for trigeminal neuralgia ...
Ece Akcay   +4 more
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Echocardiographic guided, transatrial closure of a patent foramen ovale

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background The management of an incidental patent foramen ovale found during planned cardiac surgery remains a challenge, and current guidelines are not helpful.
Felix Fleissner   +3 more
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CT Diagnosis of Paradoxical Embolism via a Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient with a Pulmonary Embolism and Prominent Eustachian Valve

open access: yes대한영상의학회지, 2021
While there is a high prevalence of patent foramen ovale in adults, paradoxical embolism via a patent foramen ovale is rare. Previous echocardiographic studies indicated that paradoxical embolism might only occur in patients with high-risk features of ...
Min Ji Son   +2 more
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Transcatheter closure for decompression sickness with a patent foramen ovale: A case report

open access: yesJournal of Interventional Medicine, 2021
A patent foramen ovale is one of the predisposing factors of neurotic decompression sickness. Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale is effective in the secondary prevention of decompression sickness associated with intracardiac shunt.
Fenglin Jiang
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