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Is closure recommended for patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke? Patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke: not to close.
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Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is not uncommondit appears in perhaps 10% to 25% of the populationdbut only a small percent of cases will produce any clinical sequelae, such as refractory hypoxia, orthodeoxia-platypnea syndrome, or migraine headaches. PFO is most notorious, however, for its association with paradoxical embolus and cryptogenic stroke (1). Conclusive proof of a causal relationship bet...
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A 39-year-old mother of 2 teenage boys complained of severe migraine with aura for 10 years. Otherwise healthy, she suffered an ischemic stroke that rendered her permanently aphasic. Diagnostic evaluation revealed no evidence of atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries or plaques of the ascending aorta and the aortic arch. The ECG showed normal sinus rhythm, and the patient denied any history of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurologie pro praxi
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1213-1814,1803-5280
DOI: 10.36290/neu.2019.086