Recurrent Transient Ischemic Attack Followed By Stroke Due To Stretched Patent Foramen Ovale – A Rare Entity

Authors

  • Ashok Garg Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Preventive and Non invasive Cardiology, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur Author
  • Deepak Agrawal Consultant Cardiology, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur Author
  • Deepika Mishra Professor, Department of Pathology, SMS Hospital, Jaipur Author
  • G L Sharma Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2021(3)150

Keywords:

Atrial septal defect, Congenital heart disease, Contrast echocardiography, Stretched patent foramen ovale, Transient ischemic attack, Stroke

Abstract

A Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) is not a true deficiency of atrial septal tissue but rather a potential space or separation between the septum primum and septum secundum located in the anterosuperior portion of the atrial septum. It is not considered a true Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), because no structural deficiency of the atrial septal tissue is present. We are describing a unique case of recurrent transient attacks followed by stroke associated with finding of a large stretched PFO on echocardiography

Author Biographies

  • Ashok Garg, Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Preventive and Non invasive Cardiology, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur

    Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Preventive and Non invasive Cardiology, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur 

  • Deepak Agrawal, Consultant Cardiology, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur

    Consultant Cardiology, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur

  • Deepika Mishra, Professor, Department of Pathology, SMS Hospital, Jaipur

    Professor, Department of Pathology, SMS Hospital, Jaipur

  • G L Sharma, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur

    Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur

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Published

2021-04-20

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): Volume 3 Issue 2

Section

Articles