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Neuroloogia. Mida teha, kui noorel krüptogeense insuldiga patsiendil on kodade vaheseinas väike mulk? [PDF]

, 2017
Eesti Arst 2017; 96(9):554 ...
Kõrv, Janika
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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, Tyler Wark, MD, John Dudley, MD, James Robertson, MD   +3 more
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Correlation between patent foramen ovale, cerebral "lesions" and neuropsychometric testing in experienced sports divers: does diving damage the brain? [PDF]

, 2016
SCUBA diving exposes divers to decompression sickness (DCS). There has been considerable debate whether divers with a Patent Foramen Ovale of the heart have a higher risk of DCS because of the possible right-to-left shunt of venous decompression bubbles ...
Balestra, C., Germonpré, P.
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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, Sara Salgado, António Carvalheira Santos, Cristina Bárbara   +3 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale, Ischemic Stroke and Migraine: Systematic Review and Stratified Meta-Analysis of Association Studies [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Observational data have reported associations between patent foramen ovale (PFO), cryptogenic stroke and migraine. However, randomized trials of PFO closure do not demonstrate a clear benefit either because the underlying association is ...
Brayne, Carol, Davis, Daniel, Gregson, John, Salman, Rustam Al-Shahi, Stephan, Blossom, Willeit, Peter   +5 more
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Are we there yet with patent foramen ovale closure for secondary prevention in cryptogenic stroke? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

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, Kantha Ratnam Kolla, Charan Yerasi, Sibghat Tullah, Venkata Siva Pulivarthi, Boshra Louka, Reza Arsanjani, Eric H Yang, Farouk Mookadam, F David Fortuin   +9 more
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Prevention of Paradoxical Cerebral Embolus with Protection System during Combination Right Atrial Clot Aspiration Thrombectomy and Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale

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, Sipan Mathevosian, Jamil Aboulhosn, John M Moriarty   +3 more
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Platypnea-orthodeoxia due to osteoporosis and severe kyphosis: a rare cause for dyspnea and hypoxemia

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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What general practitioners need to know about patent foramen ovale [PDF]

, 2014
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) consists of a hole between the right and left atriums of the heart that did not close the way it should after birth. Twenty five percent of the population have a PFO, but this usually does not cause problems, because the ...
Saliba, Mario
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Endocardial fibroelastosis [PDF]

, 1967
This is an article delivered at a meeting of the British Medical Association (Malta Branch) on the 7th March 1967. During the eleven-year period 1955-66 eight cases of endocardial fibroelastosis were diagnosed or confirmed at autopsy.
Captur, Victor, Grech, J.L., Pace, Joseph L.   +2 more
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