Patent foramen ovale: Difference between revisions
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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
*History of stroke or TIA of undefined etiology | |||
*Migraine or migraine-like symptoms | |||
*Neurologic decompression sickness (seen in scuba divers) | |||
*Acute myocardial infarction | |||
*Systemic embolism, such as renal infarction | |||
*Fat embolism | |||
*Paradoxical embolism caused by right atrial tumors that increase right atrial pressure | |||
*Left-sided valve disease in carcinoid syndrome | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 8 February 2016
Background
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a flap-like opening between the atrial septa primum and secundum at the location of the fossa ovalis that persists after age 1 year.
Clinical Features
- History of stroke or TIA of undefined etiology
- Migraine or migraine-like symptoms
- Neurologic decompression sickness (seen in scuba divers)
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Systemic embolism, such as renal infarction
- Fat embolism
- Paradoxical embolism caused by right atrial tumors that increase right atrial pressure
- Left-sided valve disease in carcinoid syndrome