Results 11 to 20 of about 98,951 (323)
Patent Foramen Ovale? An Interesting Case Report [PDF]
William D. Rea
europepmc +3 more sources
Importance Patent foramen ovale (PFO)-associated strokes comprise approximately 10% of ischemic strokes in adults aged 18 to 60 years. While device closure decreases stroke recurrence risk overall, the best treatment for any individual is often unclear.
D. Kent +21 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
The foramen ovale from the fetal to neonatal life span
The foramen ovale is an important structure that ensures the functioning of the fetal circulatory system. The work describes process of atrial septum formation from the embryonic stage to the neonatal period. Human atrial septation is inefficient process
Monika Wójtowicz-Marzec
doaj +1 more source
Advances in the management of cardioembolic stroke associated with patent foramen ovale
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) describes a valve in the interatrial septum that permits shunting of blood or thrombotic material between the atria. PFOs are present in approximately 25% of the healthy population and are not associated with any pathology in ...
B. M. Mac Grory +6 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
The importance of the location of the foramen ovale (FO) is particularly evident in external approaches to the skull base. Neighboring structures are of great importance in surgical interventions such as approaches used for trigeminal neuralgia ...
Ece Akcay +4 more
doaj +1 more source
The Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine: Associated Mechanisms and Perspectives from MRI Evidence
Migraine is a common neurological disease with a still-unclear etiology and pathogenesis. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a kind of congenital heart disease that leads to a right-to-left shunt (RLS).
Wenfei Cao +5 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
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 Our description will not be published in its present form since, during the summer of 1953, a party from the Anierican Museum of Natural History excavated the first undistorted eohippus skulls ever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
openaire +1 more source
Echocardiographic guided, transatrial closure of a patent foramen ovale
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
doaj +1 more source
Transcatheter closure for decompression sickness with a patent foramen ovale: A case report
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
doaj +1 more source

