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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome treated by percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare but striking clinical syndrome, usually characterized by dyspnea and hypoxemia in the upright position, which is relieved by recumbency. However, the exact prevalence remains unknown.
Ziyang Hu +6 more
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Texas 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, Rohit Sharma, Craig Hacking
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PLoS 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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Research progress of migraine and patent foramen ovale
Chinese 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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Transcatheter closure for decompression sickness with a patent foramen ovale: A case report
Journal 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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Clinical manifestation and imaging characteristics of transient global amnesia: patent foramen ovale as an underlying factor [PDF]
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2021 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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대한영상의학회지, 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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Patent Foramen Ovale and Stroke [PDF]
Practical Neurology, 2003 "Patent foramen ovale and stroke Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a remnant of the fetal circulation whose role in the occurrence of ischemic stroke is now well established. Trancatheter PFO closure followed by long-term antiplatelet therapy reduces by approximately 60% compared to antithrombotic therapy alone, the risk of stroke recurrence in patients ...
Carlos J., Rodriguez, Shunichi, Homma
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Echocardiographic guided, transatrial closure of a patent foramen ovale
Journal 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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Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Paradoxical Embolism
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 Patent foramen ovale is a risk factor for systemic embolic events such as cryptogenic stroke. Far less commonly, patent foramen ovale is associated with non-cerebral systemic embolic events.
Abdullah R Alenezi +2 more
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