Heart-Stroke Team: A multidisciplinary assessment of patent foramen ovale-associated stroke [PDF]
European Stroke Journal, 2023 Introduction: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure prevents recurrent ischemic stroke in selected patients with a cryptogenic stroke. Trial results tend to be generalized to daily practice, often extending original trial inclusion criteria. This may result in unnecessary closure without benefit, but with risk of complications.
Maikel HM Immens +5 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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Serpentine thrombus in the heart: a rare case of trapped thrombus in patent foramen ovale [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2018 A 77-year-old Caucasian woman with recent abdominal surgery was diagnosed with multiple paradoxical systemic emboli in the mesenteric and renal circulation. Diagnosis was made by direct visualisation of a serpentine thrombus traversing both atria through patent foramen ovale (PFO) by transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE).
Dominika Zoltowska +2 more
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The wall and its gate: complexities of the atrial septum and foramen ovale in the fetal heart [PDF]
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020 Linked article: This Editorial comments on the article by Vena et al. Click here to view the article.
Jack Rychik
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Paradoxical embolism: A case of thromboembolic stroke secondary to pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis [PDF]
Journal of International Medical ResearchParadoxical embolism refers to thromboemboli originating from the venous system or right heart that traverse an intracardiac or pulmonary shunt into the systemic circulation, causing end-organ embolization.
Yu Chen +4 more
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SA Heart consensus statement on closure of patent foramen ovale 2021
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 2023 A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with numerous clinical conditions. The most severe of these is cryptogenic stroke. This consensus statement aims to provide a clinical guideline on which patients should be offered PFO closure.
Jens Hitzeroth +5 more
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Diagnostic ultrasound features and outcome of restrictive foramen ovale in fetuses with structurally normal heart [PDF]
Pediatric Cardiology, 2014 Intrauterine foramen ovale (FO) restriction in association with congenital heart disease (CHD) carries a poor prognosis. However, in the absence of CHD, the clinical importance of restrictive FO in the fetus is not well understood. We evaluated the antenatal prevalence, clinical presentation, diagnostic ultrasound features, and outcome of restrictive ...
Michael Lewis
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The brain's heart — Therapeutic opportunities for patent foramen ovale (PFO) and neurovascular disease [PDF]
Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2013 Patent foramen ovale (PFO), a common congenital cardiac abnormality, is a connection between the right and left atria in the heart. As a "back door to the brain", PFO can serve as a conduit for paradoxical embolism, allowing venous thrombi to enter the arterial circulation, avoiding filtration by the lungs, and causing ischemic stroke.
MingMing Ning +9 more
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Clinical application of the quantitative fetal heart quantification in the evaluation of right heart function in fetuses with redundancy foramen ovale flap [PDF]
BMC Medical ImagingBackground To investigate the clinical value of fetal heart quantification (fetal HQ) in the evaluation of right ventricular size, morphology and cardiac function in fetuses with redundancy foramen ovale flap (RFOF).
Xiao-Rong Su +5 more
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Does Patent Foramen Ovale occlusion affect heart?
, 2004 Title page, Table of Contents, Abbreviations and acronyms 1\. Introduction 1.1 The path-physiology of atrial shunt 1.2 The relation between PFO and paradoxical embolism 1.3 Treatment of PFO 1.4 Non-invasive of the ventricular function after PFO closure 2\. Aim of the study 3.
Feiqiong Huang
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