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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

A patent foramen ovale is a communication between the right and left atrium. Despite the communication between the two atrium, it is not considered an atrial septal defect as the septal tissue is not missing.