Patent Foramen Ovale: Sudden Death during Exercise Test
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Patent Foramen Ovale
The patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a normal interatrial communication during fetal life that persists after birth in approximately 1 of every 4 adults. PFO is a potential route for embolic transit from the systemic venous circulation to the brain. Though there is compelling circumstantial evidence implicating PFO, the precise role of PFO in the pathogenesis of cryptogenic stroke is not yet estab...
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Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is frequent in adults (prevalence of 25% in the general public) and there are numerous cases described that display the relation between this entity and different medical profiles.1 We present the case of a patient who suffered abrupt intraoperative desaturation followed by refractory hypoxaemia with echocardiographic evidence of a right-to-left shunt through the fora...
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Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is not uncommondit appears in perhaps 10% to 25% of the populationdbut only a small percent of cases will produce any clinical sequelae, such as refractory hypoxia, orthodeoxia-platypnea syndrome, or migraine headaches. PFO is most notorious, however, for its association with paradoxical embolus and cryptogenic stroke (1). Conclusive proof of a causal relationship bet...
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Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common developmental anomaly that allows for the passage of blood and other substances from the venous to the arterial circulation. The study of PFO closure has been challenging due to widely available off-label closures performed outside the clinical trial setting. To date, no study has demonstrated benefit of closure using intention-to-treat analyses. Secondary...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1946
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.4480.734