"Foramen Ovale, Patent" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A condition in which the FORAMEN OVALE in the ATRIAL SEPTUM fails to close shortly after birth. This results in abnormal communications between the two upper chambers of the heart. An isolated patent ovale foramen without other structural heart defects is usually of no hemodynamic significance.
| Descriptor ID |
D054092
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.240.400.560.375.258 C14.280.400.560.375.258 C16.131.240.400.560.375.258
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Foramen Ovale, Patent".
- Diseases [C]
- Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
- Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C14.240]
- Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.240.400]
- Heart Septal Defects [C14.240.400.560]
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial [C14.240.400.560.375]
- Foramen Ovale, Patent [C14.240.400.560.375.258]
- Heart Diseases [C14.280]
- Heart Defects, Congenital [C14.280.400]
- Heart Septal Defects [C14.280.400.560]
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial [C14.280.400.560.375]
- Foramen Ovale, Patent [C14.280.400.560.375.258]
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
- Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C16.131.240]
- Heart Defects, Congenital [C16.131.240.400]
- Heart Septal Defects [C16.131.240.400.560]
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial [C16.131.240.400.560.375]
- Foramen Ovale, Patent [C16.131.240.400.560.375.258]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Foramen Ovale, Patent".
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foramen Ovale, Patent" by people in Profiles.
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Platypnea-Orthodeoxia and Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient in the Setting of COVID-19. Tex Heart Inst J. 2025 Jan-Jun; 52(1):e248401.
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Readmission in patients undergoing percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure in the United States. Int J Cardiol. 2023 Jan 01; 370:143-148.
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Active paradoxical and pulmonary emboli in a first trimester pregnancy. Ann Card Anaesth. 2022 Oct-Dec; 25(4):514-517.
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Meta-Analysis Comparing Percutaneous Closure Versus Medical Therapy for Patent Foramen Ovale. Am J Cardiol. 2022 06 01; 172:174-177.
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Gore Cardioform atrial septal occluder: deployment procedure and techniques for closing challenging secundum atrial septal defects. Cardiol Young. 2021 Dec; 31(12):1885-1892.
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Thrombus in transit across a patent foramen ovale in a patient with cerebrovascular accidents, pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis. Ann Card Anaesth. 2021 Jul-Sep; 24(3):362-364.
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Left ventricular pacemaker wire through patent foramen ovale. Ann Card Anaesth. 2020 Oct-Dec; 23(4):528-529.
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Off-label closure during CLOSURE study. J Invasive Cardiol. 2012 Nov; 24(11):608-11.
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Severe hypoxemia and orthodeoxia following right pneumonectomy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Dec 01; 184(11):e1-2.
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Usefulness of intravenously administered fluid replenishment for detection of patent foramen ovale by transesophageal echocardiography. Am J Cardiol. 2010 Oct 01; 106(7):1054-8.