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The Incidental Finding of a Patent Foramen Ovale During Cardiac surgery: Should It Always Be Repaired?
Anesthesia & Analgesia, 08/30/07

Sukernik, M.R., et al. - With the increased use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, patent foramen ovale (PFO) has become a common finding during heart surgery. This finding presents a difficult dilemma for cardiac surgeons, since the impact of intraoperatively diagnosed PFOs on postoperative outcome is unknown. Changes in the surgical plan required for closure of a PFO subject the patient to the possibility of additional risk

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