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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Procedure [PDF]
Patent foramen ovale is strongly associated with cryptogenic stroke. Various clinical trials has shown the association between cryptogenic stroke and incidence of undelrying patent foramen ovale, these trials also shown the decrease of cryptogenic stroke
Arwin Saleh Mangkuanom, Doni Firman
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Adult brain abscess associated with patent foramen ovale: a case report [PDF]
Brain abscess results from local or metastatic septic spread to the brain. The primary infectious site is often undetected, more commonly so when it is distant.
Stathopoulos Georgios T+5 more
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Platypnea-orthodeoxia due to osteoporosis and severe kyphosis: a rare cause for dyspnea and hypoxemia [PDF]
Platypnea orthodeoxia is a rare disorder characterised by dyspnea and arterial desaturation, exacerbated by the upright position and relieved when the subject is recumbent.
Gerian C. Groenefeld, Claudius Teupe
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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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Research progress of migraine and patent foramen ovale
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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Transcatheter closure for decompression sickness with a patent foramen ovale: A case report
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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Clinical manifestation and imaging characteristics of transient global amnesia: patent foramen ovale as an underlying factor [PDF]
Transient global amnesia is not rare, but its etiology remains unknown. Cerebral ischemia is a suspected cause because high signal intensity is observed on diffusion-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging; however, previous studies have not ...
Sang-Mi Noh+1 more
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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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Echocardiographic guided, transatrial closure of a patent foramen ovale
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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Percutaneous closure of PFO in patients with reduced oxygen saturation at rest and during exercise : short- and long-term results [PDF]
Background. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare cause of hypoxemia and clinical symptoms of dyspnea. Due to a right-to-left shunt, desaturated blood enters the systemic circulation in a subset of patients resulting in dyspnea and a subsequent ...
De Cuyper, Celine+8 more
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