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Patent foramen ovale: a novel cardiovascular risk factor in patients with sleep disordered breathing and high altitude dwellers?

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2016
Diseases associated with chronic hypoxaemia are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. Epidemiological data indicate that cardiovascular diseases contribute substantially to this problem, but the underlying mechanisms are ...
Emrush Rexhai, Urs Scherrer, Stefano F Rimoldi   +2 more
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A rare case of stroke as a complication after percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy in a patient with intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2023
We present an extremely rare case of a patient with intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism treated with percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy, complicated with stroke as a form of paradoxical embolism through a previously unknown patent foramen ovale ...
Marina López-Rubio, Aurora Gómez-Tórtola, Iago Sousa-Casasnovas, Jorge García-Carreño, Marta Vales-Montero, Crhistian Mario Oblitas, Pablo Demelo-Rodríguez, Francisco Galeano-Valle   +7 more
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Persistent hypoxemia after an asthma attack

The Ultrasound Journal, 2019
The presence of an unknown intracardiac shunt due to a patent foramen ovale may be an unusual cause of hypoxemia. We report the case of a patient who presented persistent hypoxemia after an adequate treatment for a severe asthma attack requiring ...
Cristian Deana, Laura Conangla, Luigi Vetrugno, Massimiliano Saltarini, Stefania Buttera, Tiziana Bove, Flavio Bassi, Amato De Monte   +7 more
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Left atrial anomalous muscular band as incidental finding during video-assisted mitral surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Congenital fibromuscular bands have been described inleft ventricle or right atrium and have been diagnosed by echocardiography and CT scan. The first report of anomalous band in the left atrium was described in 1897 by Rollestone (1).
Baldascino, Francesco, De Bellis, Antonio, D’Abramo, Mizar, Frati, Giacomo, Greco, Ernesto, Iaccarino, Alessandra, Saade, Wael   +6 more
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Evaluation of critical congenital heart defects screening using pulse oximetry in the neonatal intensive care unit. [PDF]

, 2017
ObjectiveTo evaluate the implementation of early screening for critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and potential exclusion of sub-populations from universal screening.Study designProspective evaluation of ...
Allen, D, Assing, E, Axelrod, R, Blau, J, Chandra, S, Cohen, M, Fofah, O, Garg, LF, Giuliano, M, Govindaswami, B, Grazel, R, Hassinger, D, Hudome, S, Jegatheesan, P, Koppel, R, Kumar, P, Lakshminrusimha, S, Lohr, J, McClure, D, Spillane, N, Van Naarden Braun, K   +20 more
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Transcranial doppler ultrasonography should it be the first choice for persistent foramen ovale screening? [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Persistent foramen ovale (PFO) is considered a cause of cryptogenic stroke and a risk factor for neurological events in young patients. The reference standard for identifying a PFO is contrast-enhanced transesophageal echocardiography (TEE ...
Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka, Bartosz Sobień, Jakub Podolec, Jakub Stępniewski, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk, Maria Olszowska, Monika Komar, Piotr Podolec, Rafał Badacz, Tadeusz Przewłocki   +9 more
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Partial PFO Closure for Persistent Hypoxemia in a Patient with Ebstein Anomaly

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2015
Ebstein anomaly is characterized by deformities of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve and atrialization of the right ventricle. Patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation are recommended to have tricuspid valve surgery with concomitant atrial ...
S. A. Zuberi, S. Liu, J. W. Tam, F. Hussain, D. Maguire, M. Kass   +5 more
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Early recurrent ischemic lesions in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale: an observational study [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Randomized controlled trials indicate that patent foramen ovate (PFO) closure reduces risk of stroke recurrence in patients with cryptogenic stroke and PFO. However, the optimal time point for PFO closure is unknown and depends on the risk of
Audebert, Heinrich J., Braemswig, Tim Bastian, Endres, Matthias, Erdur, Hebun, Fiebach, Jochen B., Nolte, Christian H., Scheitz, Jan F., Usnich, Tatiana   +7 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012
SummaryParadoxical embolism is a possible cause of ischemic stroke, particularly in younger patients without any other cause, i.e. cryptogenic stroke, and a patent foramen ovale is the most frequently assumed cause. The contrast transcranial Doppler monitoring mode has a sensitivity that is comparable to contrast transesophageal echocardiography for ...
Kutty, Shelby, Sengupta, Partho P., Khandheria, Bijoy K.   +2 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, Carlo Maria Gallinoro, Rosita Mottola, Alessandro Serio, Franca Di Meglio, Clotilde Castaldo, Felice Sirico, Daria Nurzynska   +7 more
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