Patent foramen ovale and decompression sickness in divers.
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Moon, RE; Camporesi, EM; Kisslo, JA
Published in: Lancet
March 11, 1989
30 patients with a history of decompression sickness were examined for the presence of patent foramen ovale by bubble contrast, two-dimensional echocardiography and colour flow doppler imaging. With bubble contrast, 11 (37%) of the patients had right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale during spontaneous breathing. 61% of a subset of 18 patients with serious signs and symptoms had shunting. This number was significantly higher than the 5% prevalence seen with the same diagnostic technique in 176 healthy volunteers. The presence of patent foramen ovale seems to be a risk factor for the development of decompression sickness in divers.
Duke Scholars
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Lancet
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ISSN
0140-6736
Publication Date
March 11, 1989
Volume
1
Issue
8637
Start / End Page
513 / 514
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Valsalva Maneuver
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Echocardiography, Doppler
- Echocardiography
- Diving
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Moon, R. E., Camporesi, E. M., & Kisslo, J. A. (1989). Patent foramen ovale and decompression sickness in divers. Lancet, 1(8637), 513–514. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(89)90064-0
Moon, R. E., E. M. Camporesi, and J. A. Kisslo. “Patent foramen ovale and decompression sickness in divers.” Lancet 1, no. 8637 (March 11, 1989): 513–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(89)90064-0.
Moon RE, Camporesi EM, Kisslo JA. Patent foramen ovale and decompression sickness in divers. Lancet. 1989 Mar 11;1(8637):513–4.
Moon, R. E., et al. “Patent foramen ovale and decompression sickness in divers.” Lancet, vol. 1, no. 8637, Mar. 1989, pp. 513–14. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(89)90064-0.
Moon RE, Camporesi EM, Kisslo JA. Patent foramen ovale and decompression sickness in divers. Lancet. 1989 Mar 11;1(8637):513–514.
Published In
Lancet
DOI
ISSN
0140-6736
Publication Date
March 11, 1989
Volume
1
Issue
8637
Start / End Page
513 / 514
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Valsalva Maneuver
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- General & Internal Medicine
- Female
- Echocardiography, Doppler
- Echocardiography
- Diving