title: [Pathogenetic significance of patent foramen ovale in patients with the determined cause of ischemic insult].
abstract: The prevalence of open oval window (OOW) in patients with different types of ischemic insult and the possibility of independent pathogenetic contribution of OOW to brain injury were evaluated by examining 85 patients (mean age 53 +/- 14 yr) with cardioembolic (CES), lacunar (LS), and other subtypes of ischemic insult. CT and MRT of the head, duplex scanning of head arteries, contrast transcranial monitoring middle cerebral arteries, standard and contrast transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography revealed OOW in 40% of the patients. It had small anatomic and functional size and a tunnel-like shape. The presence of an interatrial shunt was unrelated to the degree of neurologic deficit, the size and location of brain injuries, the number of ischemic foci. It is concluded that OOW has no pathogenetic significance of its own and makes no contribution to brain injury in stroke-affected patients.
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Suslina
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Foniakin
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Glebov
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Geraskina
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Chechetkin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kravchenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult