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Interventional closure of patent foramen ovale in prevention of thromboembolic events. Consensus document of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions and the Section of Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease of the Polish Cardiac Society.

Kardiologia polska, 2019
The presence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) was found to be associated with a number of medical conditions, including embolic stroke and recurrent transient neurological defects.
A. Araszkiewicz, S. Bartuś, M. Demkow, M. Grygier, Z. Huczek, M. Komar, R. Pracoń, T. Przewłocki, R. Sabiniewicz, G. Smołka, M. Olszowska, W. Wojakowski   +11 more
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The Relationship Between Patent Foramen Ovale and Unexplained Dizziness: A Prospective Analysis in China

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2022
Introduction Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is potentially associated with abnormal embolisms, and it results in mixing of arteriovenous blood when its right-to-left shunt (RLS) emerges.
Qian Cao, Yu Shen, Zhuo Hou, Defu Li, Boji Tang, Lijun Xu, Yanping Li   +6 more
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Medical treatment for paradoxical and saddle pulmonary embolism in a young man with patent foramen ovale and coronavirus disease 2019

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Here, we reported a 32-year-old male presenting to the emergency department with respiratory symptoms and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis. Multiple thrombi were detected in his heart and inferior vena cava, probably due to former deep-vein ...
Amir Behnam Kharazmi, Sahar Mirbaha, Hamidreza Hatamabadi, Fatemeh Shojaeian, Fatemeh Omidi   +4 more
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Echocardiographic Features of the Ductus Arteriosus and the Foramen Ovale in a Hospital-Based Population of Neonatal Foals

Animals, 2022
Simple Summary In fetal circulation, the distribution of oxygenated blood from the maternal placenta is facilitated by two intracardiac shunts. Oxygenated blood flows from the right atrium to the left heart through the foramen ovale, which is formed by ...
L. De Lange, I. Vernemmen, G. van Loon, A. Decloedt   +3 more
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Atrial Septal Defects [PDF]

, 2014
Atrial septal defects are the third most common type of congenital heart disease. Included in this group of malformations are several types of atrial communications that allow shunting of blood between the systemic and the pulmonary circulations.
Geva, T, Martins, JD, Wald, R
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Management of PFO in paradoxical embolic stroke with hemorrhagic conversion: a case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
A paradoxical embolism is defined as a venous thrombus that crosses through a heart defect, into the systemic circulation, usually through a patent foramen ovale. Treatment varies between closure of patent foramen ovale vs.
Michael Sabina, Aqeel Khanani, Joshua Tsai, Amanda Rigdon, Joseph Massaro   +4 more
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Interaction between proatherosclerotic factors and right-to-left shunt on the risk of cryptogenic stroke: the Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults. [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: To explore the interaction effects between cardiac interatrial right-to-left shunt (RLS) and proatherosclerotic factors on the risk of brain ischaemia. Design: Multicentre Italian caseecontrol study. Setting: University hospitals. Participants:
A, Adami, Bovi, P, Calabrò, Rs, Casoni, F, Cerrato, P, Costa, P, Dalla Volta, G, Del Sette, M, Del Zotto, E, Delodovici, Ml, Gandolfo, C, Giossi, A, Grassi, Mario, Iacoviello, L, Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults, Investigators, Lodigiani, C, M, Magoni, Musolino, R, Paciaroni, M, Padovani, A, Patella, R, Pezzini, A, Rasura, M, Rota, Ll, Spalloni, A, Toriello, A, Volonghi, I, Zini, A   +27 more
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Incidental finding of a left atrial thrombus during surgical management of a massive pulmonary embolism

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2020
A 58-year-old male presented with a hemodynamically significant pulmonary embolism. Computed tomography angiogram revealed a saddle embolus in the main pulmonary artery with extensive clot burden affecting all lobes and right heart strain.
Sarah Dunn, Nisha Dave, Yiliam F Rodriguez-Blanco, Oscar Aljure   +3 more
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Thrombus entrapped by patent foramen ovale in a patient with pulmonary embolism: a case report [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2015
Thrombus-in-transit appears to increase the risk of mortality compared to pulmonary embolism alone and can require alteration in therapeutic plan. We present the case of a biatrial thromboembolus caught in transit across a patent foramen ovale diagnosed ...
Sang Beom Nam, Chan Mi Kim, Sung-Ah Cho, Sungchan Chung, Yon Hee Shim   +4 more
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Left ventricular pacing with a temporary pacemaker: Case report

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2021
We report a case of temporary pacemaker lead malposition in the left ventricle crossing the interventricular septum (IVS). The majority of described cases occur due to a patent foramen ovale and are frequently incidental findings. A course across the IVS
Marta Tavares-Silva, Carla de Sousa, Vítor Araújo, Luís Adão, Gonçalo Pestana, Roberto Pinto, Filipe Macedo, Maria Júlia Maciel   +7 more
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