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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]
, 2020 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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Practical Neurology, 2020 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the most common anatomical cause of an interatrial shunt. It is usually asymptomatic but may cause paradoxical embolism, manifesting as stroke, myocardial infarction or visceral/peripheral ischaemia. PFO is a risk factor for stroke and may be associated with migraine with aura. New evidence suggests PFO closure reduces the
Vafa Alakbarzade +4 more
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Evolution, 1954 We recently have studied the cranial nerve foraniina in American specimens of the oldest of the Equidae, the early Eocene Hyracotherium (eohippus). Our description will not be published in its present form since, during the summer of 1953, a party from the Anierican Museum of Natural History excavated the first undistorted eohippus skulls ever found in
Tilly Edinger, David B. Kitts
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Patent Foramen Ovale: Story Closed? [PDF]
Journal of Stroke, 2019 The optimal treatment strategy for secondary prevention in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been a matter of controversy for decades. After three randomized trials failed to show a benefit of closure with an excess of complications in the interventional arm, two large recent trials suggest a benefit with regard of ...
Köhrmann, Martin +3 more
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A morphological and morphometric study of foramen ovale in dry skulls of Indian population
National Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2019 Background and Aim The foramen ovale is a clinically significant foramen present in the skull base. The mandibular nerve is an important structure traversing this foramen and the trigeminal ganglion is also located just above the foramen ovale in the ...
Gowri Shankar, N Muthukumaravel
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Imaging characteristics and treatment of a penetrating brain injury caused by an oropharyngeal foreign body in a dog [PDF]
, 2017 A 4-year-old Border collie was presented with one episode of collapse, altered mentation, and a suspected pharyngeal stick injury. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography showed a linear foreign body penetrating the right oropharynx ...
Baroni M. +15 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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Heart Carcinoid Disease with Patent Foramen Ovale Treated by Mini Sternotomy [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2017 This case report was an attempt to present the importance of diagnostic echocardiography and closure of a patent foramen ovale in carcinoid heart disease.
Juan Siordia, Sreekumar Subramanian
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Embolic strokes of undetermined source: prevalence and patient features in the ESUS Global Registry [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Recent evidence supports that most non-lacunar cryptogenic strokes are embolic. Accordingly, these strokes have been designated as embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS).
Ameriso, Sebastian F +27 more
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Foramen Ovale and Foramen Rotundum: Characterization of Postnatal Development
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2021 The sphenoid bone development occurs in both prenatal and postnatal periods. Sphenoid bone openings are used as surgical landmarks and are of great importance for neurosurgeons in everyday practice.
Marina Raguž +10 more
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