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Patent Foramen Ovale

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Editors:
  1. Zahid Amin

    1. Children's Hospital of Georgia, Augusta, USA

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  2. Jonathan M. Tobis

    1. UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

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  3. Horst Sievert

    1. CardioVascular Center, Frankfurt, Germany

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  4. John D. Carroll

    1. University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA

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  • Up-to-date and complete reference dedicated solely to the topic of Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) including closure, anatomy and genetics in addition to trials, closure devices and techniques
  • Discusses diagnostic tools for appropriate assessment of Patent Foramen Ovale
  • Edited by internationally renowned experts in the field

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Background and Anatomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Historical Perspective and Importance of PFO

      • John F. Rhodes Jr., Amanda Green
      Pages 3-5

    3. Embryology, Neonatal Circulation and Anatomy of PFO

      • John L. Bass
      Pages 7-14

    4. Anatomical Variations of Patent Foramen Ovale

      • Hussam Suradi, Zahid Amin
      Pages 15-24

    5. Aging and Patent Foramen Ovale

      • Robert J. Sommer, Barbara T. Spencer
      Pages 25-30

  3. Methods and Techniques for Detection and Characterization of PFO

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Echocardiographic Detection and Transcranial Doppler Quantification of Right-to-Left Shunting

      • Eustaquio Maria Onorato, Francesco Casilli, Gian Paolo Anzola
      Pages 33-47

    3. ICE: Intra-Procedural Evaluation and Guidance During Closure of PFO

      • Noa Holoshitz, Ziyad M. Hijazi
      Pages 49-53

    4. A Comparison of Methods to Detect and Quantitate PFO: TCD, TTE, ICE and TEE

      • M. Khalid Mojadidi, Rubine Gevorgyan, Jonathan M. Tobis
      Pages 55-65

    5. Angiographic Evaluation for PFO and Pulmonary AVMs

      • Daniel R. Turner, Thomas J. Forbes
      Pages 67-73

  4. PFO and Clinical Syndromes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. An Overview of Clinical Syndromes (Keeping the Heart in Mind)

      • James Orford, Brian Whisenant
      Pages 77-79

    3. The Association of Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine Headache

      • M. Khalid Mojadidi, Nimit Dave, Rubine Gevorgyan, Jonathan M. Tobis
      Pages 81-94

    4. Current Patient Management Issues, Clinical Trial Design Challenges, and the Pathway Forward

      • John D. Carroll, Sharon Poisson, Michael S. Kim
      Pages 95-106

    5. Patent Foramen Ovale and Divers

      • Carla Canniffe, Kevin P. Walsh
      Pages 107-111

    6. Orthodeoxia and Platypnea

      • Omar Ali, Ted Feldman
      Pages 113-117

    7. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Patent Foramen Ovale

      • Tomas Konecny, Guy S. Reeder, Virend K. Somers
      Pages 119-122

    8. PFO and Various Types of Surgery

      • John D. Carroll
      Pages 123-127

    9. When a PFO Is Discovered Incidentally

      • Robert J. Sommer, Barbara T. Spencer
      Pages 129-134
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About this book

This book is the ultimate reference on patent foramen ovale (PFO), a defect in the septum of the heart estimated to be present in more than twenty percent of the adult population and a proven cause of systemic embolism. All chapters have been written by internationally recognized experts in the field and cover PFO genetics and anatomy in addition to the effect PFO can have on various different organs and its supposed involvement in several conditions and clinical syndromes such as migraine, diving incidence, platynea orthodeoxia, economy class syndrome, sleep apnea and persistent desaturations in mild right ventricular dysfunction.

As PFO anatomy varies significantly between individuals, chapters have also been included on the diagnostic tools, methods and techniques for appropriate assessment, detection and characterization of PFO. Furthermore, the multitude of available closure devices and techniques for PFO closure are discussed together with current and ongoing trial data. The book concludes with guidance and instruction on establishing a successful PFO program.

Patent Foramen Ovale will be an essential text for the whole adult and pediatric interventional community, general cardiologists, internists, primary care physicians, neurologists and device companies in addition to medical students, graduate students and fellows in training.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Children's Hospital of Georgia, Augusta, USA

    Zahid Amin

  • UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

    Jonathan M. Tobis

  • CardioVascular Center, Frankfurt, Germany

    Horst Sievert

  • University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA

    John D. Carroll

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Patent Foramen Ovale

  • Editors: Zahid Amin, Jonathan M. Tobis, Horst Sievert, John D. Carroll

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4987-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-4986-6Published: 22 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7057-0Published: 30 April 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-4987-3Published: 03 December 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 243

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Imaging / Radiology

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