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Diagnosis of Patent Foramen Ovale
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2010 We read with great interest the improved echocardiographic diagnostic protocol for patent foramen ovale (PFO) by Rana et al. ([1][1]). We wish to highlight some relevant issues. Demonstrating the presence of PFO does not establish its etiopathogenic role in systemic embolization.
Sharma, Vijay K. +2 more
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Obstructing Chiari Network Facilitating Blood Flow Across a Patent Foramen Ovale Causing Hypoxia
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 A 36-year-old man with progressive dyspnea and hypoxia was found to have a large, partially fenestrated Chiari network accelerating blood flow through a patent foramen ovale with preservation of an embryonic right-to-left atrial flow pattern.
Rimmy Garg, MD +3 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale—A Not So Innocuous Septal Atrial Defect in Adults
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2021 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital atrial septal defect with an incidence of 15–35% in the adult population. The development of the interatrial septum is a process that begins in the fourth gestational week and is completed only after ...
Veronica Romano +7 more
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A Rare Presentation of Multi-Organ Embolism in a Multifactorial Hypercoagulable State: Case Report
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 Paradoxical embolism is an uncommon phenomenon, accounting for only 2% of all cases of systemic arterial embolism. This condition suggests the presence of a patent foramen ovale, present in 20% - 25% of the adult population.
Eva Brysch +3 more
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2019 Background: We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the benefit of patent foramen ovale closure in stroke prevention. Methods: We searched Medline/PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane central database for randomized control trials assessing the ...
Pradyumna Agasthi +9 more
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The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology, 2021 In this technical case report, we describe a 41-year-old female with a history of breast cancer who was found to have a right atrial clot attached to the tip of her Port-A-Cath.
Jason Chiang +3 more
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Heart International, 2011 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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Defining Features of Gabriele‐de Vries Syndrome in Adults: A Case Report and Literature Review
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriele‐de Vries syndrome (GADEVS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in the YY1 gene. Like most rare genetic syndromes, the adult manifestations of GADEVS remain poorly defined. Here, we describe the oldest patient reported to date with GADEVS—a 63‐year‐old woman with a c.1177_1179del YY1 variant ...
Ethan W. Hollingsworth, Changrui Xiao
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Patent Foramen Ovale and Cryptogenic Stroke [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2013 To the Editor: The articles by Meier et al.1 and Carroll et al.2 and the corresponding editorial by Messe and Kent3 (March 21 issue) illustrate a major problem in clinical trials. When it is not obvious which of two therapies is better, sufficient numbers of events are essential to reach a conclusion.
Christian, Pristipino +2 more
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A Case of Multiple Mitochondrial Dysfunctions Syndrome 1 and Review of the Literature
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multiple mitochondrial dysfunctions syndrome 1 (MMDS1, MIM #605711) due to NFU1 gene defects is an ultra‐rare autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism associated with reduced function of NFU1 iron–sulfur cluster (ISC) scaffold protein.
Charles R. DiFalco +6 more
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