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Genetics may play a role in the development of a patent foramen ovale insofar as the disorder has been found to occur with an increased frequency in families.
Genetics may play a role in the development of a patent foramen ovale insofar as the disorder has been found to occur with an increased frequency in families.


==Pathophysiology==
==[[Patent foramen ovale pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==
If there are elevated right sided pressures, shunting of blood from the [[right atrium]] to the [[left atrium]] can occur.  The patent [[foramen ovale]] is completely covered but not completely sealed. As a result, it is also sometimes called as a '''probe patent''' (PFO) (as the foramen can be opened with reversal of shunt).  Elevation of pressure in the pulmonary circulatory system (i.e.: [[pulmonary hypertension]] due to various causes, or transiently during a [[cough]]) can cause the foramen ovale to remain open.


== Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis==
== Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis==

Revision as of 09:24, 4 September 2011

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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]]; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [[4]]

Synonyms and Keywords: patent foramen, PFO, probe patent PFO

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The presence of a patent foramen ovale is due to failure of fusion between the septum primum and the septum secundum.

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Genetics may play a role in the development of a patent foramen ovale insofar as the disorder has been found to occur with an increased frequency in families.

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Clinically it is linked to decompression sickness, paradoxical embolism and migraine. There is a debate within the neurology and cardiology communities about the role of a PFO in cryptogenic stroke neurologic events, e.g. strokes and transient ischemia attacks (TIAs) without any other potential cause. On echocardiography, there may not be any shunting of blood noted except when the patient coughs.

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Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale

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