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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.
Homma, Shunichi, Di Tullio, Marco R.
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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, Laura Conangla, Luigi Vetrugno, Massimiliano Saltarini, Stefania Buttera, Tiziana Bove, Flavio Bassi, Amato De Monte   +7 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale and Hypoxemia

Cardiology in Review, 2019
Patent foramen ovale (PFO), an embryonic remnant of the fetal circulation, is present in 20–25% of adults. Although recent observational studies and clinical trials have established the link between PFO-mediated right-to-left shunting with cryptogenic stroke and migraine with aura, the role of a PFO in exacerbating hypoxemic medical conditions (ie ...
Mojadidi, Mohammad K, Ruiz, Juan C, Chertoff, Jason, Zaman, Muhammad O, Elgendy, Islam Y, Mahmoud, Ahmed N, Al-Ani, Mohammad, Elgendy, Akram Y, Patel, Nimesh K, Shantha, Ghanshyam, Tobis, Jonathan M, Meier, Bernhard   +11 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale and Thromboembolic Complications [PDF]

Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2010
The foramen ovale, an atrial septal defect which is essential in the fetal circulation, remains patent through adulthood in approximately 25% of the general population and so it represents the most common persistent abnormality of fetal origin. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) allows interatrial right-to-left blood shunting during those periods of the ...
Fazio, G, Ferro, G, Barbaro, G, Fattouch, K, Ferrara, F, Novo, G, Novo, S   +6 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale: Story Closed? [PDF]

Journal of Stroke, 2019
The optimal treatment strategy for secondary prevention in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been a matter of controversy for decades. After three randomized trials failed to show a benefit of closure with an excess of complications in the interventional arm, two large recent trials suggest a benefit with regard of ...
Köhrmann, Martin, Schellinger, Peter Dieter, Tsivgoulis, Georgios, Steiner, Thorsten   +3 more
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Partial PFO Closure for Persistent Hypoxemia in a Patient with Ebstein Anomaly

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2015
Ebstein anomaly is characterized by deformities of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve and atrialization of the right ventricle. Patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation are recommended to have tricuspid valve surgery with concomitant atrial ...
S. A. Zuberi, S. Liu, J. W. Tam, F. Hussain, D. Maguire, M. Kass   +5 more
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Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic embolism [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND The options for secondary prevention of cryptogenic embolism in patients with patent foramen ovale are administration of antithrombotic medications or percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale.
Windecker, Stephan, Khattab, Ahmed A., Windecker, Stefan, Jüni, Peter, Mattle, Heinrich P., Kalesan, Bindu, Khattab, Ahmed Aziz, Dudek, Dariusz, Ibrahim, Reda, Andersen, Grethe, Hildick-Smith, David, Walton, Antony S., Schuler, Gerhard, Meier, Bernhard, Wahl, Andreas   +14 more
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Diagnosis of Patent Foramen Ovale

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2010
We read with great interest the improved echocardiographic diagnostic protocol for patent foramen ovale (PFO) by Rana et al. ([1][1]). We wish to highlight some relevant issues. Demonstrating the presence of PFO does not establish its etiopathogenic role in systemic embolization.
Sharma, Vijay K., Teoh, Hock L., Chan, Bernard P.L.   +2 more
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Patent foramen ovale increases stroke risk in older people [PDF]

, 2018
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is prevalent among young patients with cryptogenic stroke, and PFO closure reduces the risk of recurrent stroke in these individuals.
Saver, J. L., Jeffrey L. Saver, Heinrich P. Mattle, Mattle, Heinrich   +3 more
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Patent Foramen Ovale—A Not So Innocuous Septal Atrial Defect in Adults

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2021
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital atrial septal defect with an incidence of 15–35% in the adult population. The development of the interatrial septum is a process that begins in the fourth gestational week and is completed only after ...
Veronica Romano, Carlo Maria Gallinoro, Rosita Mottola, Alessandro Serio, Franca Di Meglio, Clotilde Castaldo, Felice Sirico, Daria Nurzynska   +7 more
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