Outcomes of patent foramen ovale greater than 3 mm at birth in extremely low birthweight infants

• Hauptverfasser: Sheema Gaffar (Verfasst von), Bijan Siassi (Verfasst von), Rowena Cayabyab (Verfasst von), Mahmood Ebrahimi (Verfasst von), Lorayne Barton (Verfasst von), Merujan Uzunyan (Verfasst von), Rangasamy Ramanathan (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Foramen ovale (FO) is an obligate fetal shunt that typically resolves after birth, although patency throughout life is not uncommon. The natural history of patent FO (PFO) is known in term infants, but less is known about its course in extremely preterm infants. We describe the e...