J Heart Stroke | Volume 2, Issue 6 | Case Report | Open Access

When is a Stroke Really Cryptogenic? A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Complex Case

Lucia VD Urso, Valentina Losi, Denise Faro, Corrado Tamburino and Ines Monte^*

Department of Cardiology, Cardiology University of Catania, Italy

^*Correspondance to: Ines Monte 

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Abstract

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a congenital heart defect, resulting from the incomplete closure of a communication in the interatrial septum at the level of the fossa ovalis, which physiologically allow blood flowing from the right to the left atrium during foetal circulation. The physiological increase in left atrial pressures after birth forces the septum primum against the septum secundum and determines the closure of such communication.

Citation:

Urso LVD, Losi V, Faro D, Tamburino C, Monte I. When is a Stroke Really Cryptogenic? A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Complex Case. J Heart Stroke. 2017; 2(6): 1042.