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Abstract
A condition in which the FORAMEN OVALE in the ATRIAL SEPTUM fails to close shortly after birth. This results in abnormal communications between the two upper chambers of the heart. An isolated patent ovale foramen without other structural heart defects is usually of no hemodynamic significance.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Foramen Ovale, Patent
- Patent Oval Foramen
- Oval Foramen, Patent
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34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
2008; use HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL 1980-2007
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Previous Indexing
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial (1965-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Patent Foramen Ovale. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054092. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054092
- Patent Foramen Ovale. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_foramen_ovale
- Patent Foramen Ovale. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3076802