title: Patent foramen ovale.
abstract: Patent foramen ovale is incriminated in patients with cryptogenic stroke; however, concrete evidence that closure of patent foramen ovale using various devices is superior to continued medical therapy is not yet available. Controlled randomized trials are well underway to address this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taichung, Taiwan. ivanfu@vghtc.gov.tw
authors.forename: Yun-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ziyad M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Hijazi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology