PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Krasuski, Richard A.
TI  - When and how to fix a ‘hole in the heart’: Approach to ASD and PFO
DP  - 2007 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 137--147
VI  - 74
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/2/137.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/2/137.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2007 Feb 01; 74
AB  - Abnormalities in the atrial septum range in severity from patent foramen ovale (PFO), a residual cardiac structure found in approximately 25% of the general population, to uncommon, complex lesions associated with significant shunt flow and heart enlargement. While correcting some of these abnormalities is beneficial, most other defects warrant correction only under very specific circumstances.