Foramen Ovale, Patent [foramen ovale apertum]
- Terms
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foramen ovale patens
foramen ovale persistens
foramen ovale pervium
patent foramen ovale
patentní foramen ovale
perzistující foramen ovale
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Patent Foramen Ovale
Patent Oval Foramen
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.
- DUI
- D054092 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0009965
- Previous indexing
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial (1965-2007)
- History note
- 2008; use HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL 1980-2007
- Public note
- 2008; see HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL 1980-2007
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