Patent Foramen Ovale
Multidisciplinary management of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and cryptogenic stroke/TIA
... Conclusion: The acceptance rate of less than 50% in the present study underscores the complex relationship between CS and PFO. Whatever the criteria used for PFO closure, any unit caring for these patients needs to have ...
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Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure versus Medical Therapy in Cryptogenic Stroke: An Update Meta Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
... for Patent Foramen Ovale for Secondary Prevention of Neurological Events: Com- prehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled ...
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A time-series study of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: premature adoption?
... Patent foramen ovale is postulated to increase the risk of ischaemic stroke/transi- ent ischaemic attack (TIA) through the para- doxical embolism mechanism which accounted for about 32% of ischaemic ...
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A rare case of paradoxical left sided endocarditis through patent foramen ovale.
... mass, Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), severely dilated right atrium and prominent Chiari's ...abscesses. Patent Foramen ovale is the proposed mechanism leading to extensive systemic ...
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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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Case Report Primary progressive multiple sclerosis coexisting with patent foramen ovale: a case report
... between patent foramen ovale and some neu- rologic events, such as cryptogenic stroke and ...and patent foramen ovela has not been documented in ...with patent foramen ...
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Left ventricular decompression through a patent foramen ovale in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report
... The foramen ovale is considered an unidirectional flap-like valvular ...of patent foramen ovale with stable left-to-right ...the patent foramen ...
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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; ...
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Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Child: Possible Pathogenic Role of Patent Foramen Ovale Associated With Heritable Thrombophilia
... a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with right-to-left shunting after Valsalva maneuver was demonstrated by transesophageal contrast echocardiog- ...infarction, patent foramen ovale, ...
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Randomized clinical trial comparing percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) using the Amplatzer PFO Occluder with medical treatment in patients with cryptogenic embolism (PC Trial): rationale and design
... doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-56 Cite this article as: Khattab et al.: Randomized clinical trial comparing percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale PFO using the Amplatzer PFO Occluder wi[r] ...
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Migraineurs with patent foramen ovale have larger right-to-left shunt despite similar atrial septal characteristics
... Abstract The objective of the study was to assess differences in proportion of large right-to-left shunt (RLS) and atrial septal char- acteristics between migraineurs and non-migraineurs referred for transcatheter ...
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Original Article Clinical value of cryptogenic stroke associated with small patent foramen ovale detected jointly by TEE and cTCD
... for patent foramen ovale and its specificity and sensitivity is only next to TEE ...oval foramen opening so as to improve the positive detection rate ...
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Influence of High Velocity Blood Flow on Right to Left Shunt in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale during the Valsalva Maneuver
... In this study, we investigated the changes in the right-to-left shunt (RLS) of the patent foramen ovale (PFO) at different phases of the Valsalva maneuver and analyzed the possible mechanisms. The ...
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated acute cor pulmonale and patent foramen ovale: a multicenter noninvasive hemodynamic study
... median RVFAC was low in our ACP patients, whether PFO was associated or not, and significantly decreased when compared to other groups, suggesting altered RV systolic function. This may have contributed to the ab- sence ...
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Risk and fate of residual interatrial shunting after transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale: a long term follow up study
... Background: Percutaneous transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFo) in cryptogenic stroke is an alternative to medical therapy. there is still debate on different outcome for each currently ...
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Transient cerebral ischemia in an elderly patient with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm
... patients, patent foramen ovale (PFO) is seen along with an increased incidence of atrial septal aneurysm ...the foramen ovale following Valsalva’s ...
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High prevalence of patent foramen ovale in migraine with aura
... of 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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Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (abridged and translated version)
... The boards of the three participating scientific societies nominated authors to prepare the recommendations. Each of the five key questions was assigned to a team of authors comprising neurologists and cardiologists to ...
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Migraine, patent foramen ovale and migraine triggers
... of patent foramen ovale (PFO) may allow venous blood to pass from the right atrium toward arterial blood in the left atrium through the interatrial ...
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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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