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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common abnormality affecting between 20% and 34% of the adult population. For most people it is a benign finding; however, in some the PFO can open widely, enabling a paradoxical embolus to transit from the venous to ...
Bushra S Rana +4 more
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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.
Graeme C Elliott +4 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: State of the Art [PDF]
, 2020 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common abnormality affecting between 20% and 34% of the adult population. For most people, it is a benign finding; however, in some people, the PFO can open widely to enable paradoxical embolus to transit from the venous ...
Lynne K Williams +4 more
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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 ...
Abhinav Saxena, MD +9 more
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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.
Ayodipupo S Oguntade +1 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale and Stroke
Circulation Journal, 2016 A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is common and found in nearly 25% of healthy individuals. The majority of patients with PFO remain asymptomatic and they are not at increased risk for developing a stroke. The presence of PFO, however, has been found to be higher in patients with cryptogenic stroke, suggesting there may be a subset of patients with PFO who ...
Sun, Yee-Ping, Homma, Shunichi
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2016 Diseases associated with chronic hypoxaemia are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. Epidemiological data indicate that cardiovascular diseases contribute substantially to this problem, but the underlying mechanisms are ...
Emrush Rexhai +2 more
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Folia Morphologica, 2020 BACKGROUND: The foramen ovale, present in foetal interatrial septum, plays an important role during foetal life. During delivery, foramen ovale closes and becomes fossa ovalis, starting the pulmonary circulation.
R. Kamiński +7 more
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Joint Metabonomic and Instrumental Analysis for the Classification of Migraine Patients with 677-MTHFR Mutations [PDF]
, 2010 Migraine is a neurological disorder that correlates with an increased risk of cerebrovascular lesions. Genetic mutations of the MTHFR gene are correlated to migraine and to the increased risk of artery pathologies.
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Persistent hypoxemia after an asthma attack
The Ultrasound Journal, 2019 The presence of an unknown intracardiac shunt due to a patent foramen ovale may be an unusual cause of hypoxemia. We report the case of a patient who presented persistent hypoxemia after an adequate treatment for a severe asthma attack requiring ...
Cristian Deana +7 more
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