Surprising facts about PFOs from the land mark study by Hagen
Posted Jan 31 2013 12:00am
It was in 1984 this paper came from mayo clinic proceedings .
Hagen PT, Scholz DG, Edwards WD. Incidence and size of patent foramen ovale during the first 10 decades of life: an autopsy study of 965 normal hearts. Mayo Clin Proc. 1984;59:17-20.
When interventional cardiology was not even in infancy . Now it remains the only data base of nearly 100o hearts studied after autopsy .
After reading the article I got few surprises
The mean incidence is 27.3 % of general population ( That is 27 crore people with PFO in India )
In first three decades it goes up to 40 % .
PFOs size increase with age due to stretch of inter atrial septum
It measures 3.4mm in the first decade and it can grow up to 5.8 mm in later decades .
Mayo clinic continues to be pioneers in providing vital research about PFO
Following is another excellent review article on PFO and stroke
It was in 1984 this paper came from mayo clinic proceedings .
Hagen PT, Scholz DG, Edwards WD. Incidence and size of patent foramen ovale during the first 10 decades of life: an autopsy study of 965 normal hearts. Mayo Clin Proc. 1984;59:17-20.
When interventional cardiology was not even in infancy . Now it remains the only data base of nearly 100o hearts studied after autopsy .
After reading the article I got few surprises
Mayo clinic continues to be pioneers in providing vital research about PFO
Following is another excellent review article on PFO and stroke