"Foramen Ovale" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An opening in the wall between the right and the left upper chambers (HEART ATRIA) of a fetal heart. Oval foramen normally closes soon after birth; when it fails to close the condition is called PATENT OVAL FORAMEN.
| Descriptor ID |
D054085
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.459.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foramen Ovale" by people in Profiles.
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Silent hippocampal seizures and spikes identified by foramen ovale electrodes in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Med. 2017 Jun; 23(6):678-680.
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Foramen ovale electrodes in the evaluation of epilepsy surgery: conventional and unconventional uses. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Oct; 22(2):247-54.
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Postnatal course of hypoplastic left heart complex and restrictive foramen ovale. Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Feb; 31(2):270-3.