[Patent foramen ovale and stroke].
About a quarter of the adult population is known to have a patent foramen ovale, rarely accompanied by the presence of an interatrial septal aneurysm. A patent foramen ovale is found in more than 40% of patients younger than 60 years who had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke. Clinical and echocardiographic parameters allow the identification of patients at high risk of recurrence after a first cryptogenic stroke even if treated with Aspirin. A multidisciplinary approach allow the selected patients to benefit of a correction of their cardiac anomaly with promising long term results.
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Service de cardiologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne, Suisse. Jean-Marc.Meier@chuv.hospvd.ch
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D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001241:Aspirin