Kardiologie up2date 2010; 6(4): 274-279
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255905
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Offenes Foramen ovale – wann verschließen?

Sicht des NeurologenLars-Peder  Pallesen, Volker  Pütz
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Publication Date:
13 January 2011 (online)

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Abstract

For more than two decades, the role of patent foramen ovale (PFO) as a source for cardioembolic ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and its therapy are discussed controversially. Since the introduction of interventional transcatheter closure devices the number of such interventions is increasing. This article summarizes current research regarding the association of PFO and cerebrovascular ischemic events, presents current knowledge regarding medical and interventional treatment options and gives recommendations for treatment decision making in individual patients.

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Lars-Peder Pallesen

Dresdner Universitäts Schlaganfall Centrum, Klinik für Neurologie
Universitätsklinik Dresden

Fetscherstraße 74
01307 Dresden

Email: Lars-Peder.Pallesen@uniklinikum-dresden.de