PFO was found in 25 to 30 percent of individuals in an autopsy study and in a community-based transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) study [4,5]. The following findings were noted in the …

2021年1月1日 · Gaspardone et al. (1) report that pre-procedural spontaneous right-to-left shunt (RLS) grade and patent foramen ovale (PFO) width are predictors of significant residual RLS …

This study evaluated the challenges of sizing a PFO with different contemporary imaging modalities and assessed the relationship between PFO size and severity of the right-to-left …

2002年1月1日 · Usually, PFO size is assessed semiquantitatively by transthoracic echocardiography, by TEE, or by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography on the basis of the …

2024年5月7日 · A patent foramen ovale (PFO) has a complex anatomy, and evaluating the size before closure may be challenging. We aimed to investigate the correlation between …

2019年12月24日 · Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. All Authors: Preetham Kumar, MD; Joshua Rusheen, MS; and Jonathan M. Tobis MD, FACC, MSCAI. Including …

2023年11月21日 · Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) provides the most detailed information about the anatomy and size of a PFO, as well as other high-risk features (Figure 2).

The patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a normal interatrial communication during fetal life that persists after birth in approximately 1 of every 4 adults. PFO is a potential route for embolic transit from …

The objective of the present study was to prove that PFO measurement with the sizing balloon enables a more appropriate selection of the size of the closure device, while at the same time …

2019年12月24日 · Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is implicated in the pathogenesis of clinical conditions such as cryptogenic stroke and migraine with aura. This study evaluated the …