Title of article :
An Aneurysmal Interatrial Septum with a Patent Foramen Ovale and Multiple Fenestrations Closed by A Single Occluder Device
Author/Authors :
Hajsadeghi، Shokoufeh نويسنده Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran. , , Chitsazan، Mitra نويسنده Student Scientific Research Committee, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran. , , Namazi، Mohammad نويسنده Department of Accounting, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran , , Chitsazan، Mandana نويسنده Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University M.C., TEHRAN-IRAN. ,
Issue Information :
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2012
Pages :
4
From page :
713
To page :
716
Abstract :

The patent foramen ovale (PFO) usually is a very small potential opening in the atrial septum. Under the conditions of normal hemodynamics with higher left atrial than right atrial pressures, the septum primum is forced against the foramen by the higher left atrial pressure and there is no actual persistent opening through the foramen. However, with any, even transient, increase in right atrial pressure this flap or "valve" can be pushed away from the septum and forced open. This results in the shunting of blood and anything else in the right atrium from the right atrium to the left atrium. Often the "valve" of the foramen becomes redundant and develops an "aneurysm" of the atrial septum. A large, redundant septum primum can have several additional openings or "fenestrations" in it. The PFO is now can be treated by interventional percutaneous therapy. This case represents a 24-year-old male with an aneurysmal interatrial septum and patent foramen ovale associated with multiple fenestrations. The defects were closed by a single Amplatzer® septal occluder.

Journal title :
Acta Medica Iranica
Serial Year :
2012
Journal title :
Acta Medica Iranica
Record number :
2389614
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