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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Procedure [PDF]
Majalah Kardiologi Indonesia, 2021 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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Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (abridged and translated version) [PDF]
Neurological Research and Practice, 2019 Interventional patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure should be performed in patients aged 16 to 60 years (after extensive neurological and cardiological diagnostic work-up) with a history of cryptogenic ischaemic stroke and patent foramen ovale, with ...
Hans-Christoph Diener +2 more
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012 SummaryParadoxical embolism is a possible cause of ischemic stroke, particularly in younger patients without any other cause, i.e. cryptogenic stroke, and a patent foramen ovale is the most frequently assumed cause. The contrast transcranial Doppler monitoring mode has a sensitivity that is comparable to contrast transesophageal echocardiography for ...
Susanna Horner +2 more
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Zdravniški Vestnik, 2006 Background: Stroke is the third cause of mortality and leading cause of disability regarding the World Health Organization data. Cryptogenic stroke encompasses 40% of young adults with ischemic stroke.
Marjan Zaletel +3 more
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Predictors of recurrent ischemic stroke: anatomical characteristics of patent foramen ovale. [PDF]
Front Cardiovasc MedChen X, Fang J, Yang Q, Liu L.
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Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2014 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 ...
Matt Morgan +2 more
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When Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Can Cause Trouble-A Misplacement of Pacemaker Lead Into the Left Ventricle. [PDF]
Case Rep CardiolHelal A, Antoun I, El-Din M, Farooq M.
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Background Closure of a patent foramen ovale reduces the risk of recurrent stroke compared with medical therapy alone in young patients with cryptogenic strokes revealed by randomized control trials.
Yoko Shijoh +3 more
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Research progress of migraine and patent foramen ovale
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021 Migraine is a common clinical chronic neurovascular disease, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Studies have shown that patent foramen ovale (PFO) may be related to migraine, such as transient hypoxemia caused by patent foramen ...
LIU Kai +6 more
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Practical Neurology, 2020 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the most common anatomical cause of an interatrial shunt. It is usually asymptomatic but may cause paradoxical embolism, manifesting as stroke, myocardial infarction or visceral/peripheral ischaemia. PFO is a risk factor for stroke and may be associated with migraine with aura. New evidence suggests PFO closure reduces the
Vafa Alakbarzade +4 more
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