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Patent Foramen Ovale: Is Stroke Due to Paradoxical Embolism? [PDF]

, 1993
Background and Purpose: A patent foramen ovale has been reported to be significantly more frequent in young stroke patients than in matched control subjects, and paradoxical embolism has been suggested as the main mechanism of stroke in-this situation ...
Bousser, M. G., Cabanes, L., Amarenco, P., Cohen, A., Mas, J. L., Ranoux, D.   +5 more
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A Rare Presentation of Multi-Organ Embolism in a Multifactorial Hypercoagulable State: Case Report

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
Paradoxical embolism is an uncommon phenomenon, accounting for only 2% of all cases of systemic arterial embolism. This condition suggests the presence of a patent foramen ovale, present in 20% - 25% of the adult population.
Eva Brysch, Sara Salgado, António Carvalheira Santos, Cristina Bárbara   +3 more
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Percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale, easy does it. [PDF]

, 2015
Closure of the patent foramen ovale does not benefit from echocardiographic guidance in the majority of cases. Guiding these procedures with fluoroscopy only reduces procedure time, radiation exposure, and amount of contrast medium.
Bernhard Meier, Meier, Bernhard
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Concomitant fat embolism syndrome and pulmonary embolism in a patient with patent foramen ovale [PDF]

, 2020
We present a rare case of a patient with concurrent fat embolism and pulmonary embolism, in a closed femur fracture with patent foramen ovale (PFO). A 24-year-old man was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a closed left midshaft femur fracture. He
Yeak, Raymond Dieu Kiat, Liew, Siew Khei, Raymond DK Yeak, Siew Khei Liew   +3 more
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Obstructing Chiari Network Facilitating Blood Flow Across a Patent Foramen Ovale Causing Hypoxia

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
A 36-year-old man with progressive dyspnea and hypoxia was found to have a large, partially fenestrated Chiari network accelerating blood flow through a patent foramen ovale with preservation of an embryonic right-to-left atrial flow pattern.
Rimmy Garg, MD, Tyler Wark, MD, John Dudley, MD, James Robertson, MD   +3 more
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Are we there yet with patent foramen ovale closure for secondary prevention in cryptogenic stroke? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Background: We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the benefit of patent foramen ovale closure in stroke prevention. Methods: We searched Medline/PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Cochrane central database for randomized control trials assessing the ...
Pradyumna Agasthi, Kantha Ratnam Kolla, Charan Yerasi, Sibghat Tullah, Venkata Siva Pulivarthi, Boshra Louka, Reza Arsanjani, Eric H Yang, Farouk Mookadam, F David Fortuin   +9 more
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Prevention of Paradoxical Cerebral Embolus with Protection System during Combination Right Atrial Clot Aspiration Thrombectomy and Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology, 2021
In this technical case report, we describe a 41-year-old female with a history of breast cancer who was found to have a right atrial clot attached to the tip of her Port-A-Cath.
Jason Chiang, Sipan Mathevosian, Jamil Aboulhosn, John M Moriarty   +3 more
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What general practitioners need to know about patent foramen ovale [PDF]

, 2014
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) consists of a hole between the right and left atriums of the heart that did not close the way it should after birth. Twenty five percent of the population have a PFO, but this usually does not cause problems, because the ...
Saliba, Mario
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35 Individuals With HUWE1‐Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder and Suggested Clinical Evaluations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT HUWE1 (HECT, UBA, and WWE Domain Containing E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase1, OMIM 300697), located at Xp11.22, encodes a ubiquitin ligase that is highly conserved across species. Genetic variants in HUWE1 described in multiple independent studies cause X‐linked intellectual disability, including in the patients identified by Juberg, Marsidi, and ...
Mindy H. Li, Deziree L. Coleman, Kelsey Hogan, Danielle Luz, Lindsay Bhandari, Newell Belnap, Tiffany Busa, Charles Coutton, Klaus Dieterich, Svetlana Gorokhova, Clara Hildebrandt, Rachel Logan, Milena Mariani, Manuela Morleo, Vincenzo Nigro, John Pappas, Rachel Rabin, Kelly Schoch, Angelo Selicorni, Vandana Shashi, Rebecca Spillmann, Jennifer Sullivan, Charlotte Tardy, Samantha A. Schrier Vergano, Brock Grill, Kristin Baranano   +25 more
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Patent foramen ovale closure in recreational divers: effect on decompression illness and ischaemic brain lesions during long-term follow-up [PDF]

, 2011
To test the effect of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure on neurological events in ...
M. Schwerzmann, Windecker, Stephan, R. Zbinden, Billinger, Michael, R. Mordasini, S. Windecker, Schwerzmann, Markus, Zbinden, Rainer, Mordasini, Raffaela, M. Billinger, Seiler, Christian, B. Meier, Meier, Bernhard, C. Seiler   +13 more
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