Patent foramen ovale in children: Unique pediatric challenges and lessons learned from adult literature
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a frequent incidental finding during echocardiography in otherwise healthy children. In most healthy children with a diagnosis of isolated incidental PFO, no further follow-up or intervention is necessary. In some children, PFO is associated with certain clinical synd...
Main Authors: | Sunil Saharan, Joseph Vettukattil, Aarti Bhat, Venu Amula, Manish Bansal, Devyani Chowdhury, Umesh Dyamenahalli, Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Bibhuti Das, T K Susheel Kumar, Ashok Muralidaran, Kalyani Trivedi, Sethuraman Swaminathan, Neha Bansal, Unnati Doshi, Arvind Hoskoppal, Seshadri Balaji |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2022-01-01
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Series: | Annals of Pediatric Cardiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2022;volume=15;issue=1;spage=44;epage=52;aulast=Saharan |
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