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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure for Treating Migraine: A Meta-Analysis
Journal of interventional cardiology, 2022 Background Observational studies have shown percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure to be a safe means of reducing the frequency and duration of migraine.
Yu Zhang, Haijiao Wang, Ling-Ling Liu
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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 ...
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Perspectives in Medicine, 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 ...
Kurt Niederkorn +2 more
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Patent foramen ovale and stroke [PDF]
Journal of Cardiology, 2010 The presence of a patent foramen ovale has been found to be associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke of otherwise unknown origin (cryptogenic stroke). The present article will review the evidence regarding this association, the technical aspects of PFO detection, and the preventive options to decrease the risk of recurrent cerebral events.
Marco R. Di Tullio, Shunichi Homma
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European Heart Journal, 2021 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of medical conditions but to date only one official position paper related to left circulation thromboembolism has been published.
C. Pristipino +42 more
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Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Paradoxical Embolism
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 Patent foramen ovale is a risk factor for systemic embolic events such as cryptogenic stroke. Far less commonly, patent foramen ovale is associated with non-cerebral systemic embolic events.
Abdullah R Alenezi +2 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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Patent foramen ovale as the cause of recurrent embolic strokes. Case report
Терапевтический архив, 2022 А clinical case of a young patient with recurrent ischemic strokes is presented. The problems of diagnostic embolic strokes are discussed. We set out the algorithm for identifying patients, in whom patent foramen ovale is the most probable cause of ...
Andrey L. Komarov +5 more
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Atrial Fibrillation Following Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
Stroke, 2021 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background and Purpose: Multiple studies evaluated whether patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure reduces the risk of ischemic stroke. One commonly reported complication of PFO closure is the development
J. Chen, V. Thijs
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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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