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Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: an underutilized prevention? [PDF]

, 2016
Stroke is a devastating event for patients and their families. Paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a recognized cause of stroke. Percutaneous PFO closure is a simple and safe procedure.
Nietlispach, Fabian, Meier, Bernhard
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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome treated by percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare but striking clinical syndrome, usually characterized by dyspnea and hypoxemia in the upright position, which is relieved by recumbency. However, the exact prevalence remains unknown.
Ziyang Hu, Zhiyong Huang, Yongxin Huang, Guoqiang Huang, Xueshan Li, Kaixuan Lin, Caojin Zhang   +6 more
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Identification of major congenital malformations based on healthcare databases in France: A proof‐of‐concept study using the epi‐meres nationwide mother–child register

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 92, Issue 9, Page 3037-3048, September 2026.
Abstract Aim Besides registries, healthcare databases can provide useful information for assessing the frequency of major congenital malformations (MCMs) and investigating their risk factors, particularly medication exposures. This study aimed to assess the validity of MCMs identification based on French national, comprehensive healthcare databases ...
Tom Duchemin, Lise Marty, Jérôme Drouin, Sara Miranda, Jérémie Botton, Valérie Olié, Alain Weill, Rosemary Dray‐Spira   +7 more
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Identification of patent foramen ovale permitting paradoxic embolism [PDF]

, 1995
Objectives.We sought to analyze the morphologic and functional characteristics of the patent foramen ovale in patients with different clinical likelihoods for paradoxic embolism.Background.The incidence of patent foramen ovale is increased in patients ...
Hausmann, Dirk, Mügge, Andreas, Daniel, Werner G.   +2 more
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Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome Complicating Mosaic Down‐Turner Syndrome: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Severe baseline developmental delays in complex genetic syndromes like Down‐Turner mosaicism can completely mask the psychomotor regression of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS). Clinicians must maintain a high index of suspicion and prioritize early video‐EEG screening for any abnormal paroxysmal movements.
Mohammad Shahrori, Khadeeja Nofal, Hasan H. Alkhawaja, Waed Mohsen, Ainaa A. Alzamari   +4 more
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Patent foramen ovale: clinical manifestations and treatment. [PDF]

, 2008
A persistent patent foramen ovale produces an intermittent intra-atrial right-to-left shunt and occurs in approximately 25% of the general population. Although the vast majority of people with patent foramen ovale are asymptomatic, a patent foramen ovale
Kedia, Gautam, Tobis, Jonathan, Lee, Michael S   +2 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

, 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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Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (abridged and translated version)

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, Armin Grau, Stephan Baldus   +2 more
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PATENT FORAMEN OVALE AND DIVING

Bezmialem Science, 2018
Although patent foramen ovale (PFO) was anatomically depicted in 1513 by Leonardo da Vinci and described as a thromboembolism route in 1877, it has been ignored for a long time as a potential way to produce pathological conditions. The unifying hypothesis associated with multiple clinical issues, such as cryptogenic stroke, migraine and decompression ...
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Colon Single Stripe Sign in Chronic NSAID Use During Norovirus Infection: A Two‐Hit Model of Ischemic Colitis

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The colon single stripe sign (CSSS) is associated with ischemic‐pattern colonic injury. We report a 69‐year‐old woman with norovirus infection, hematochezia, recurrent left‐sided colitis, and chronic NSAID use found to have CSSS on colonoscopy, suggesting a multifactorial “two‐hit” mechanism involving NSAID‐related mucosal vulnerability and ...
Sushrut Ingawale, Rahul Kothari, Pujitha Vallivedu, Shivaji Karki, Gagandeep Singh Talwar, Jack Jacob, David Regelmann, Prabin Sharma   +7 more
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