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Cardiac foramen ovale

Known as: Bottalo's foramen, Foramen, Oval, Foramen ovale cordis 
An opening in the wall between the right and the left upper chambers (HEART ATRIA) of a fetal heart. Oval foramen normally closes soon after birth… 
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Review
2003
Review
2003
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been reported to be an important risk factor for cardioembolic cerebrovascular accidents through… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
There is a marked conservative tendency to be found in anatomic descriptions, with a seeming reluctance on the part of… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
CHEVALIER Jackson,1 in 1937, made the following comment: "Untold thousands of infants have asphyxiated because of bilateral…