title: Patent foramen ovale: to close or not to close remains an unsettled issue except in three conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States. Electronic address: tcheng@mfa.gwu.edu.
authors.forename: Tsung O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Decompression sickness; Endovascular leads; Foramen ovale; Platypnea-orthodeoxia