Patent foramen ovale. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zahid Amin [and others] (eds.).
• Editors: Amin, Zahid
• Contents: Online Videos; Contributors; Part I: Background and Anatomy; 1: Historical Perspective and Importance of PFO; References; 2: Embryology, Neonatal Circulation and Anatomy of PFO; Embryology; Fetal Circulation; Postnatal Circulation; Natural Closure; Consequences of Persistent Patency; Anatomic Variations; Contrast Echocardiography; References; 3: Anatomical Variations of Patent Foramen Ovale; Normal Atrial Septal Embryology and Anatomy; Anatomical Variants of PFO; PFO Size and Tunnel Length; Simple PFO; Complex PFO; Atrial Septal Aneurysm; Tunnel Length. Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Atrial Septum (LHAS) Chiari Network and Eustachian Valve; Multifenestrated ASA and/or PFO Associated with a Small Atrial Septal Defect; PFO with Distorted Anatomy; Aortic Root Enlargement; References; 4: Aging and Patent Foramen Ovale; The Age-Related History of a PFO; Changes in Infancy; Later in Life; PFO Prevalence Is Reduced with Aging; Stroke Risk with Aging; Treatment of PFO in Older Population; Technical Aspects of PFO Closure in an Older Population; Conclusions; References; Part II: Methods and Techniques for Detection and Characterization of PFO. 5: Echocardiographic Detection and Transcranial Doppler Quantification of Right-to-Left ShuntingIntroduction; Echocardiographic Detection and Quantification of Right-To-Left Shunting; Contrast-Transcranial Doppler; Conclusions; Final Recommendations; References; 6: ICE: Intra-Procedural Evaluation and Guidance During Closure of PFO; Introduction; History; Available ICE Systems; Intracardiac Echo Versus TEE; Intracardiac Echo for PFO Closure; Summary; References; 7: A Comparison of Methods to Detect and Quantitate PFO: TCD, TTE, ICE and TEE; Introduction. Transesophageal EchocardiographyProvocative Maneuvers; Contrast Injection; Criteria for Diagnosing an Intracardiac Right-to-Left Shunt; Site of Injection (Antecubital Versus Femoral Vein); Accuracy of TEE for the Detection of PFO; Limitations of TEE; Transthoracic Echocardiography; TTE with Second Harmonic Imaging; Transcranial Doppler; Intracardiac Echocardiogram; Flow Detection System; Cardiac MRI; Post-closure Imaging of Patent Foramen Ovale; References; 8: Angiographic Evaluation for PFO and Pulmonary AVMs; Introduction; Angiographic Imaging of Patent Foramen Ovale; Technique. Angiographic Imaging Considerations in PFO Angiographic Imaging of Residual Shunts Through Previously Placed Devices; Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM's); Background; Angiographic Imaging; References; Part III: PFO and Clinical Syndromes; 9: An Overview of Clinical Syndromes (Keeping the Heart in Mind); Introduction; Atrial Septal Defects; Migraine; Stroke; Deep Sea Diving; Orthodeoxia/Platypnea; Sleep Apnea; Approach to the Patient with an Intracardiac Shunt; References; 10: The Association of Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine Headache; Background; Initial Observations.
• Publisher Details: London : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 243 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.1/7; Medicine; Heart -- Physiology; MEDICAL -- Physiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology; Heart -- Physiology; Medical -- Surgery -- Thoracic; Medical -- Surgery -- General; Medical -- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Medical -- Biochemistry; Cardiothoracic surgery; Surgical techniques; Radiology; Cardiology; Heart_xSurgery; Endoscopic surgery; Interventional radiology; Radiology, Medical; Medical -- Cardiology; Cardiovascular medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781447149873; 1447149874
• Related ISBNs: 9781447149866; 1447149866
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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