Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023 Context: The foramen ovale is an obliquely placed, oval-shaped opening at the base of the skull in the greater wing of sphenoid. As the foramen transmits mandibular nerve, accessory meningeal artery, lesser petrosal nerve, and emissary veins, it ...
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Giant aneurysm of the atrial septum associated with premature closure of foramen ovale [PDF]
, 2005 Premature closure or restriction of foramen ovale (PCFO) is a rare congenital anomaly that can lead to a wide spectrum of cardiac malformations. This spectrum of secondary malformations appears to depend on the gestational timing of closure of the ...
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Percutaneous Closure of the Patent Foramen Ovale on Right Ventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 Right ventricular infarction can precipitate severe right-to-left shunting and refractory hypoxia from a previously dormant patent foramen ovale. Right ventricle mechanical circulatory support and patent foramen ovale closure can play a crucial role in ...
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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 ...
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Brain abscesses in a patient with a patent foramen ovale: a case report [PDF]
, 2009 Introduction Brain abscesses arising from right-to-left cardiac shunting are very rare in adults. Case presentation We describe the case of a 47-year-old non-hispanic white male with periodontal disease who developed several brain abscesses caused by ...
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Foramen ovale closure is a process of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition leading to fibrosis.
PLoS ONE, 2014 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an atrial septal deformity present in around 25% of the general population. PFO is associated with major causes of morbidity, including stroke and migraine.
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Critical congenital heart disease screening by pulse oximetry in a neonatal intensive care unit. [PDF]
, 2014 ObjectiveCritical congenital heart disease (CCHD) screening is effective in asymptomatic late preterm and term newborn infants with a low false-positive rate (0.035%).
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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).
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Patent foramen ovale closure review: decades of research and the evolution of the evidence
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background A quarter of the population suffers from patent foramen ovale, a form of interatrial shunt. It has been linked to cryptogenic strokes and is a common cause of paradoxical embolism.
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Trigeminal nerve and pathologies in magnetic resonance imaging : a pictorial review [PDF]
, 2018 A variety of conditions may affect the trigeminal nerve. Magnetic resonance imaging is the modality of choice when trigeminal nerve pathology is suspected, and this modality plays an essential role in detecting causes. This review illustrates some of the
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