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Patent Foramen Ovale Symptoms In Kings
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Rarely, a patent foramen ovale can cause a significant amount of blood to go around the lungs. This lowers blood oxygen levels, a condition called hypoxemia. Stroke. Sometimes small blood clots in veins may travel to the heart.
A patent foramen ovale may be difficult to confirm on a standard echocardiogram. Your provider may recommend this test to get a closer look at the heart. A transesophageal echocardiogram takes pictures of the heart from inside the body. It's considered the most accurate way to diagnose a patent foramen ovale.
Rarely, a patent foramen ovale can cause a significant amount of blood to go around the lungs. This lowers blood oxygen levels, a condition called hypoxemia. Stroke. Sometimes small blood clots in veins may travel to the heart.
In general, patent foramen ovale doesn't cause symptoms or health complications, but it can increase your risk for developing the following: Migraine headaches. Blood clots. Low oxygen levels (Platypnea orthodeoxia) Shortness of breath and dizziness if you suffer from low oxygen levels.
In general, patent foramen ovale doesn't cause symptoms or health complications, but it can increase your risk for developing the following: Migraine headaches. Blood clots. Low oxygen levels (Platypnea orthodeoxia) Shortness of breath and dizziness if you suffer from low oxygen levels.
How is patent foramen ovale treated? Most PFOs don't need any treatment. If your child needs surgery for another heart defect, the PFO may be closed at the time of the surgery. In rare cases, your child's doctor may recommend closing the PFO surgically.
Usually, patent foramen ovale causes no problems. But PFO may let a blood clot travel from the right to the left side of your heart. Your heart could pump the clot into your body. If the clot reaches your brain, it could cut off the blood supply.
Key points about patent foramen ovale PFO itself usually does not cause any symptoms. PFO can occasionally result in complications. The most serious of these is stroke. Most people will not need treatment for a PFO.
Possible Complications Some people may have a condition shortness of breath and low arterial blood oxygen levels when sitting or standing. This is called platypnea-orthodeoxia. This is rare. Rarely, people with PFOs may have a higher rate of a certain type of stroke (called paradoxical thromboembolic stroke).
What are the symptoms of patent foramen ovale? Most children have no symptoms from a PFO unless they also have other heart defects. In rare cases, a baby with a PFO will develop a bluish skin tone (cyanosis) when straining or crying.