Foramen ovale
The size of the foramen ovale regarding to the presence and absence of the emissary sphenoidal foramen: is there any relationship between them?
... The ESF was present in 78 (40%) skulls and absent in 117 (60%) skulls. It was detected in 42 (21.5%) skulls bilaterally and in 36 (18.5%) skulls unilaterally (14 right; 7% and 22 left; 11%) (Figs. 6–8). No sta- tistical ...
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Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure versus Medical Therapy in Cryptogenic Stroke: An Update Meta Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
... [11] Riaz, I.B., Dhoble, A., Mizyed, A., Hsu, C.H., Husnain, M., Lee, J.Z., Lotun, K. and Lee, K.S. (2013) Transcatheter Patent Foramen Ovale Closure versus Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke: A ...
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Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (abridged and translated version)
... The REDUCE study shows a significant benefit of PFO closure in patients aged below 60 years with cryptogenic stroke and large right-to-left shunt or atrial septal aneurysm. New silent infarctions occurred in the cere- ...
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Case Report Primary progressive multiple sclerosis coexisting with patent foramen ovale: a case report
... patent foramen ovale and some neu- rologic events, such as cryptogenic stroke and ...patent foramen ovela has not been documented in ...patent foramen ovale and to analyze the possible ...
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Decrease in shunt volume in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale
... Several studies identified an increased frequency of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with stroke of undetermined aetiology, also referred to as cryptogenic stroke (CS) [1,2]. Nevertheless the ...
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Anatomical variances and dimensions of the superior orbital fissure and foramen ovale in adults
... The foramen ovale is located in the middle-poste- rior part of the greater sphenoid ...smaller foramen spinosum ...open foramen ovale which, through car- tilage, is linked to the ...
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Case Report Bilateral thalamic infarcts because of the occlusion of the artery of Percheron in a patient with patent foramen ovale: report of a case and review of literature
... Abstract: Objectives: To investigate the aetiology, clinical features and imaging characteristics of bilateral thalamus infarction caused by artery of Percheron (AOP) occlusion. Methods: To summarise the aetiology, ...
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Clinical and Radiological Features in the Cases with Cryptogenic Brain Abscess in Association with Patent Foramen Ovale: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
... Brain abscesses are commonly associated with cranial trauma, a contiguous focus of infection, or hematogenous spread from a distant focus. However, no predisposing factors are identified in ap- proximately 4% of the ...
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A time-series study of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: premature adoption?
... A time series study was conducted. Quarterly data on PCPFO procedure volumes from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2012 was extracted from the English patient-level Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database managed by the ...
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Transcranial doppler ultrasonography should it be the first choice for persistent foramen ovale screening?
... Patent foramen ovale is a hemodynamically trivial intera- trial communication that is present in about 25% of the adult population. However, the clinical significance of PFO in relation to cerebrovascular ...
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A rare case of paradoxical left sided endocarditis through patent foramen ovale.
... Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), severely dilated right atrium and prominent Chiari's ...Patent Foramen ovale is the proposed mechanism leading to extensive systemic embolization in the present ...
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Patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: diagnosis and updates in secondary stroke prevention
... subjects with cryptogenic stroke or TIA with 2 years of follow-up. The primary outcome of stroke, TIA and death was 5.5% in the device arm and 6.8% in the medical arm, and was not statistically different. Recurrent ...
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Morphological and morphometric study of foramen ovale and foramen spinosum in adult human dry skulls
... of Foramen Ovale and Foramen Spinosum of Human Sphenoid Bone in the South Gujarat Population : Vital for Medical Practitioners in cases of Trigeminal Neuralgia, Journal of Advance Researches in ...
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Left ventricular decompression through a patent foramen ovale in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report
... the foramen ovale may increase in size and allow a left-to-right overflow secondary to pressure- induced left atrial enlargement [5]; such a shunt may be easily misdiagnosed as secundum ASD at transthoracic ...
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Transient cerebral ischemia in an elderly patient with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm
... (foramen ovale) allows the blood coming from the uterine veins to enter directly into the left atrium, bypassing the pulmonary ...the foramen ovale and right–left shunt ...
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Migraine, patent foramen ovale and migraine triggers
... According to most authors, the other basic reason for defending the causal role of PFO in migraine is the improvement in migraine after foramen ovale closure. This improvement resulted in a decrease of ...
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AUTONOMIC FUNCTION TEST IN MIGRAINEUR WITH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE
... Background: Several studies have reported a significantly higher incidence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with migraine with aura. Furthermore; several publications reported a consistent ...
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High prevalence of patent foramen ovale in migraine with aura
... patent foramen ovale (PFO) in a cohort of 25 consecutive patients suffering from migraine with aura (MA) during an attack present- ing to the emergency ward of an Italian ...
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Multidisciplinary management of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and cryptogenic stroke/TIA
... Purpose: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been implicated as a risk factor for cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CS). However, there is still a lack of widely accepted, undisputed indications for PFO closure. The ...
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Device closure for patent foramen ovale following cryptogenic stroke: a survey of current practice in the UK
... Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure for cryptogenic stroke remains controversial due to a lack of conclusive randomised controlled data. Many experts feel PFO closure is indicated in selected cases; however, ...
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