Publication Name	World Journal of Cardiology
Manuscript ID	16821
Country	Italy

Received	2015-01-29 15:59
Peer-Review Started	2015-01-29 17:29
To Make the First Decision	2015-03-06 10:27
Return for Revision	2015-03-11 19:56
Revised	2015-03-13 16:07
Second Decision	2015-04-09 16:27
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ISSN	1949-8462 (online)
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Category	Allergy
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Closing patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke: The underscored importance of other interatrial shunt variants
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Gianluca Rigatelli and Alberto Rigatelli
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, PhD, Section of Adult Congenital and Adult Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Endoluminal Interventions, Rovigo General Hospital, Viale Tre martiri, 45100 Rovigo, Italy. jackyheart71@yahoo.it
Key Words	Atrial septal defect; Patent foramen ovale; Echocardiography; Anatomy
Core Tip	Recent trials and met analysis suggested that mechanical device-based closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) is more effective than medical therapy in prevent recurrence of stroke. Fenestrated atrial septal aneurysms and small atrial septal defects (hybrid defects) can present with signs of paradoxical embolism and because they are often not clearly differentiable by standard diagnostic tools, it is likely that a proportion of patients evaluated for transcatheter closure of PFO, had actually a different anatomical substrate. These different anatomical entities have not been address in any of the previous trials, potentially having an impact on overall results.
Publish Date	2015-06-25 15:27
Citation	Rigatelli G, Rigatelli A. Closing patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke: The underscored importance of other interatrial shunt variants. World J Cardiol 2015; 7(6): 326-330
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/full/v7/i6/326.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v7.i6.326

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