Patent Foramen Ovale

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Historical Perspective and Importance of PFO
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   Chapter 2 Embryology, Neonatal Circulation and Anatomy of PFO
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   Chapter 3 Anatomical Variations of Patent Foramen Ovale
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   Chapter 4 Aging and Patent Foramen Ovale
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   Chapter 5 Echocardiographic Detection and Transcranial Doppler Quantification of Right-to-Left Shunting
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   Chapter 6 ICE: Intra-Procedural Evaluation and Guidance During Closure of PFO
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   Chapter 7 A Comparison of Methods to Detect and Quantitate PFO: TCD, TTE, ICE and TEE
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   Chapter 8 Angiographic Evaluation for PFO and Pulmonary AVMs
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    Chapter 9 An Overview of Clinical Syndromes (Keeping the Heart in Mind)
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    Chapter 10 The Association of Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine Headache
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    Chapter 11 Current Patient Management Issues, Clinical Trial Design Challenges, and the Pathway Forward
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    Chapter 12 Patent Foramen Ovale and Divers
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    Chapter 13 Orthodeoxia and Platypnea
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    Chapter 14 Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Patent Foramen Ovale
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    Chapter 15 PFO and Various Types of Surgery
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    Chapter 16 When a PFO Is Discovered Incidentally
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    Chapter 17 The GORE® Septal Occluder
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    Chapter 18 The Novel PFO Specific Closure Devices: Why Did They Fail?
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    Chapter 19 Optimal Device for Children and Closure Indications in Pediatric Population
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    Chapter 20 Occlutech, PFM, Lifetech and Other New Devices. What’s on the Horizon?
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    Chapter 21 Complications of PFO Closure
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    Chapter 22 Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale or Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke: The CLOSURE I Trial
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    Chapter 23 The Gore REDUCE Clinical Study
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    Chapter 24 The PC Trial: An Effective Treatment Not Demonstrating Effective Power
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    Chapter 25 From FDAs Point of View: What Is Needed to Move PFO Closure for Stroke Prevention Forward?
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    Chapter 26 The Medical Device Manufacturer’s Perspective: W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc.
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    Chapter 27 PFO-Patient’s Perspective
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    Chapter 28 Clinical Trials to Assess the Relationship Between Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine Headaches
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    Chapter 29 Do We Need More PFO Trials: Hypercoaguable Syndromes, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Arrhythmias
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    Chapter 30 Obstacles in Starting a PFO Closure Program. How I Did It
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    Chapter 31 Developing a Successful Integrated PFO Closure Program