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==[[Patent foramen ovale epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology and Demographics]]== | ==[[Patent foramen ovale epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology and Demographics]]== | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==[[Patent foramen ovale risk factors|Risk Factors]]== | ||
== Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis== | == Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis== | ||
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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
Overview
Pathophysiology
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis
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.