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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
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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
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Abstract Objective Trigeminal postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is often refractory to treatment. Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) neuromodulation can help in preventing PHN after herpes zoster. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of two different PRF modes on gasserian ganglion neuromodulation in elderly patients with acute/subacute trigeminal ...
Cheng‐Fu Wan, Tao Song
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A morphometric study of foramen ovale [PDF]
To note the morphological variations and morphometric details of foramina ovale in dry adult skulls of Indian origin.82 dry adult human skulls of unknown sex and of Indian origin were obtained and variations in appearance and number of foramen ovale were noted.
M S, Somesh +6 more
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Structural-heart-disease specialists perform procedures that will correct anatomic abnormalities of the heart, such as patent foramen ovale (PFO): a congenital opening in the interatrial septum. In utero, the foramen ovale is an extremely important structure, because it enables oxygenated blood from the placenta to travel from the fetus's right atrium ...
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Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Paradoxical Embolism
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]
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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Needle insertion in the foramen ovale [PDF]
We have read with great interest the article written by Grunert: “An alternative projection for fluoroscopic-guided needle insertion in the foramen ovale: technical note” [1]. As the authors have explained, the foramen ovale is not properly visualized under biplane fluoroscopy, making the insertion of the needle difficult to reach the Gasserian ...
Ignacio, Arrese, Enrique, Urculo
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A morphological and morphometric study of foramen ovale in dry skulls of Indian population
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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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Procedure
Patent foramen ovale is strongly associated with cryptogenic stroke. Various clinical trials has shown the association between cryptogenic stroke and incidence of undelrying patent foramen ovale, these trials also shown the decrease of cryptogenic stroke
Arwin Saleh Mangkuanom, Doni Firman
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