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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Searching for patent foramen ovale in a 44-year-old female patient after ischemic stroke – diagnostic problems

Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec
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Paweł Kralisz
,
Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska
,
Sławomir Dobrzycki

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2016; 13 (2): 169-171
Online publish date: 2016/07/03
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Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with the occurrence of cryptogenic strokes in young patients. Transesophageal echocardiography with contrast is the established standard in PFO diagnostics. We present the case of a 44-year-old female patient after ischemic stroke, in whom PFO was not detected by echocardiography; the defect was ultimately diagnosed by right heart catheterization.
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patent foramen ovale, cryptogenic stroke

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