{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2"],"submitter":["Ando' G"],"pubmed_abstract":["The foramen ovale is considered an unidirectional flap-like valvular structure. Yet, it may increase in size and allow a continuous left-to-right shunt in order to reduce left ventricular filling pressures. We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, referred for percutaneous closure of a coexisting secundum atrial septal defect. Before catheterization, however, transesophageal echocardiography revealed a continuous left-to-right shunt within the atrial septum, thus suggesting the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale with stable left-to-right shunt. At catheterization, performed under general anesthesia and transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring, left ventricular early- and end-diastolic pressures were 2 and 12 mmHg and pulmonary-to-systemic flow ratio wa"],"journal":["Cardiovascular ultrasound"],"pagination":["2"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC324415"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Left ventricular decompression through a patent foramen ovale in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report."],"pmcid":["PMC324415"],"pubmed_authors":["Tomai F","Ando' G","Gioffre' PA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Left ventricular decompression through a patent foramen ovale in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report.","description":"The foramen ovale is considered an unidirectional flap-like valvular structure. Yet, it may increase in size and allow a continuous left-to-right shunt in order to reduce left ventricular filling pressures. We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, referred for percutaneous closure of a coexisting secundum atrial septal defect. Before catheterization, however, transesophageal echocardiography revealed a continuous left-to-right shunt within the atrial septum, thus suggesting the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale with stable left-to-right shunt. At catheterization, performed under general anesthesia and transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring, left ventricular early- and end-diastolic pressures were 2 and 12 mmHg and pulmonary-to-systemic flow ratio wa","dates":{"release":"2004-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2004 Jan","modification":"2025-04-26T07:35:39.212Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:50:01Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC324415","cross_references":{"pubmed":["14728715"],"doi":["10.1186/1476-7120-2-2"]}}