RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 When and how to fix a ‘hole in the heart’: Approach to ASD and PFO
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 137
OP 147
VO 74
IS 2
A1 Krasuski, Richard A.
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/2/137.abstract
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.