Diagnostic Accuracy of Transesophageal Echocardiogram for the Detection of Patent Foramen Ovale: A Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 752 - 758
• Main Authors: Mojadidi, Mohammad Khalid, Bogush, Nikolay, Caceres, Jose Diego, Msaouel, Pavlos, Tobis, Jonathan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2014
• Subjects: echocardiography; Echocardiography, Transesophageal - statistics & numerical data; Female; Foramen Ovale, Patent - diagnostic imaging; Foramen Ovale, Patent - epidemiology; Humans; Male; patent foramen ovale; Prevalence; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; TEE; TEE; patent foramen ovale; echocardiography

Background Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a remnant of the fetal circulation present in 20% of the population. Right‐to‐left shunting (RLS) through a PFO has been linked to the pathophysiology of stroke, migraine with aura, and hypoxemia. While different imaging modalities including transcranial Dopp...