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Preferred term

Foramen Ovale, Patent  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Patent Foramen Ovale
  • Patent Oval Foramen

In other languages

  • French

  • FOP (Foramen Ovale Perméable)
  • Persistance du foramen ovale
  • PFO (Persistance du Foramen Ovale)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HQCL96XX-5

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