Patent Foramen Ovale

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Amin, Zahid (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tobis, Jonathan M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sievert, Horst (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Carroll, John D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiology.; Interventional radiology.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Interventional Radiology.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book is the ultimate reference on patent foramen ovale (PFO), a defect in the septum of the heart estimated to be present in more than twenty percent of the adult population and a proven cause of systemic embolism. All chapters have been written by internationally recognized experts in the fiel...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• SECTION I: BACKGROUND AND ANATOMY
• Historical perspective and importance of PFO.- Embryology, Neonatal Circulation and Anatomy of PFO
• Anatomical variations of Patent Foramen Ovale
• Aging and Patent Foramen Ovale
• SECTION II: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PFO
• Echocardiographic detection and transcranial Doppler quantification of right-to-left shunting
• ICE: intra-procedural evaluation and guidance during closure of PFO
• A Comparison of Methods to Detect and Quantitative PFO: TCD, TTE, ICE and TEE
• Angiographic evaluation for PFO and Pulmonary AVMs
• SECTION III: PFO AND CLINICAL SYNDROMES
• An Overview of Clinical Syndromes (Keeping The Heart In Mind)
• The Association of Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine Headache
• Current Patient Management Issues, Clinical Trial Design Challenges and the Pathway Forward.- Patent foramen ovale and divers
• Orthodeoxia and Platypnea
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Patent Foramen Ovale
• PFO and Various Types of Surgery.- When a PFO is Discovered Incidentally
• SECTION IV: CLOSURE METHODS
• The GORE Septal Occluder
• The novel PFO specific closure devices: Why did they fail?
• Optimal device for children and closure indications in pediatric population
• Occlutech, PFM, Lifetech and other new devices. What’s on the horizon?
• Complications of PFO Closure
• SECTION V: STATISTICAL METHODS, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
• Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale or Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke: The CLOSURE I Trial
• The Gore REDUCE Clinical Study
• The PC Trial: An Effective Treatment Not Demonstrating Effective Power
• From FDAs point of view: What is needed to move PFO closure for stroke prevention forward?
• The Medical Device Manufacturer’s Perspective – W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc
• PFO-Patient’s Perspective
• Clinical Trials to Assess the Relationship between Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine Headaches
• Do We Need More PFO Trials: Hypercoaguable Syndromes, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Arrhythmias
• SECTION VI: DIFFICULTIES/OBSTACLES IN STARTING PFO CLOSURE PRACTICE
• Obstacles in Starting a PFO Closure Program. How I Did It
• Developing a successful integrated PFO closure program.