CON: The incidental finding of a patent foramen ovale during cardiac surgery: should it always be repaired?

Anesth Analg. 2007 Sep;105(3):613-4. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000278621.67501.9b.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / embryology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / epidemiology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Intraoperative Period
  • Patient Selection*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Risk Assessment