Patent foramen ovale: a review of associated conditions and the impact of physiological size

EK Kerut, WT Norfleet, GD Plotnick, TD Giles - Journal of the American …, 2001 - jacc.org
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is implicated in platypnea-orthodeoxia, stroke and
decompression sickness (DCS) in divers and astronauts. However, PFO size in relation to …

Patent foramen ovale: current pathology, pathophysiology, and clinical status

H Hara, R Virmani, E Ladich, S Mackey-Bojack… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Patent Foramen Ovale: Current Pathology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Status Hidehiko
Hara, Renu Virmani, Elena Ladich, Shannon MacKey-Bojack, Jack Titus, Mark Reisman …

Embolic strokes of undetermined source: the case for a new clinical construct

RG Hart, HC Diener, SB Coutts, JD Easton… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Cryptogenic (of unknown cause) ischaemic strokes are now thought to comprise about 25%
of all ischaemic strokes. Advances in imaging techniques and improved understanding of …

Guidelines for the echocardiographic assessment of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale: from the American Society of Echocardiography and Society for …

FE Silvestry, MS Cohen, LB Armsby, NJ Burkule… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Septal Defect and Patent Foramen
Ovale: From the American Society of Echocardiography and Society for Cardiac Angiography …

Interatrial septal abnormalities and stroke: a meta-analysis of case-control studies

JR Overell, I Bone, KR Lees - Neurology, 2000 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine the association between patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal
aneurysm (ASA) and stroke. Method:—Data from case-control studies that examined the …

Patent foramen ovale: innocent or guilty? Evidence from a prospective population-based study

I Meissner, BK Khandheria, JA Heit, GW Petty… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to determine the association between patent foramen ovale (PFO),
atrial septal aneurysm (ASA), and stroke prospectively in a unselected population sample …

Patent foramen ovale and the risk of ischemic stroke in a multiethnic population

MR Di Tullio, RL Sacco, RR Sciacca, Z Jin… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to assess the risk of ischemic stroke from a patent foramen ovale
(PFO) in the multiethnic prospective cohort of northern Manhattan. Background: Patent …

Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with paradoxical embolism: long-term risk of recurrent thromboembolic events

S Windecker, A Wahl, T Chatterjee, A Garachemani… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and paradoxical embolism are at
risk for recurrent thromboembolic events. This study investigated the long-term risk of …

Comparison of medical treatment with percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with cryptogenic stroke

S Windecker, A Wahl, K Nedeltchev, M Arnold… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of medical treatment with
percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO). Background: Patients with cryptogenic …

The association between the diameter of a patent foramen ovale and the risk of embolic cerebrovascular events

HW Schuchlenz, W Weihs, S Horner… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We sought to determine whether the size of a patent foramen ovale affected the
risk of embolic cerebrovascular events of unknown origin. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We …