Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2017年3月31日—Whenitremainsopen,itiscalledapatentforamenovale,patentmeaningopen.ForthevastmajorityofthemillionsofpeoplewithaPFO,itisnot ...

Adapted from "Holes in the Heart," Stroke Connection Magazine, January/February 2011

A hole in your heart would seem to be the very definition of a "problem." Yet more than a quarter of the population has one, and for most it causes no adverse health effects. In fact, the vast majority of those affected dont even know it.

There are two kinds of holes in the heart. One is called an atrial septal defect[1] (ASD), and the other is a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Although both are holes in the wall of tissue (septum) between the left and right upper chambers of the heart (atria), their causes are quite different. An ASD is a failure of the septal tissue to form between the atria, and as such it is considered a congenital heart defect, something that you are born with. Generally an ASD hole is larger than that of a PFO. The larger the hole, the more likely there are to be symptoms.

PFOs, on the other hand, can only occur after birth when the foramen ovale fails to clos...

Patent foramen ovale | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2017年3月31日 — When it remains open, it is called a patent foramen ovale, patent meaning open. For the vast majority of the millions of people with a PFO, it is not ... Read More

Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole between the left and right atria (upper chambers) of the heart. This hole exists in everyone before birth, but most often ... Read More

Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 PFOPFO Menu 著作 — A patent foramen ovale (PFO) means the foramen ovale did not close properly at birth, so there is still an opening in the septum. In most cases ... Read More

缺血性腦中風與開放性卵圓孔 | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2018年10月15日 — 在ESUS病人族群的身上，學者嘗試想再多找出可能致病因或致病機轉，而開放性卵圓孔（patent foramen ovale，簡稱PFO) 則是令人高度關注的 ... Read More

Patent Foramen Ovale | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2017年12月17日 — Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a flaplike opening between the atrial septa primum and secundum at the location of the fossa ovalis that persists ... Read More

Patent Foramen Ovale | 合法醫療器材資訊網

What is a patent foramen ovale? ... A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a small opening between the two upper chambers of the heart, the right and the left atrium. Read More

Patent Foramen Ovale: Symptoms | 合法醫療器材資訊網

A foramen ovale is a hole in the heart. The small hole naturally exists in babies who are still in the womb for fetal circulation. It should close soon after birth. If it ... Read More

Patent foramen ovale | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2019年10月22日 — Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole between the left and right atria (upper chambers) of the heart. This hole exists in everyone before birth, ... Read More

Patent foramen ovale | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 S Homma 著作 · 2016 · 被引用 51 次 — Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the most common congenital heart abnormality of fetal origin and is present in approximately ∼25% of the ... Read More

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