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* Incidence | * Incidence has been found to vary with age, with [[Patent foramen ovale]] ([[PFO]]) occuring with higher incidences in patients up to 30 years of age (34.3%) while it decreased in patients between 40 to 80 years of age (25.4%) and was least in patients in their 90s (20.2%). <ref name="pmid6694427">{{cite journal| author=Hagen PT, Scholz DG, Edwards WD| title=Incidence and size of patent foramen ovale during the first 10 decades of life: an autopsy study of 965 normal hearts. | journal=Mayo Clin Proc | year= 1984 | volume= 59 | issue= 1 | pages= 17-20 | pmid=6694427 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> | ||
* The size | * The size has been found to increase with age, from a mean of approximately 3mm in the first decade to approximately 6 mm in the 10th decade of life. <ref name="pmid6694427">{{cite journal| author=Hagen PT, Scholz DG, Edwards WD| title=Incidence and size of patent foramen ovale during the first 10 decades of life: an autopsy study of 965 normal hearts. | journal=Mayo Clin Proc | year= 1984 | volume= 59 | issue= 1 | pages= 17-20 | pmid=6694427 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> | ||
==Size== | ==Size== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [3]
Overview
Approximately 1 in every three normal adults have a patent foramen ovale.
Epidemiology and Demographics
The incidence of Patent foramen ovale has been found to be approximately 30% in different studies.
Age
- Incidence has been found to vary with age, with Patent foramen ovale (PFO) occuring with higher incidences in patients up to 30 years of age (34.3%) while it decreased in patients between 40 to 80 years of age (25.4%) and was least in patients in their 90s (20.2%). [1]
- The size has been found to increase with age, from a mean of approximately 3mm in the first decade to approximately 6 mm in the 10th decade of life. [1]
Size
- The size of patent foramen ovale might range from 1 to 19 mm. However, in most cases it has been found to vary from 1 to 10 mm in diameter. The size has been found to increase with age. [1]
Sex
- No significant difference in size and incidence based on sex was seen.