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European Heart Journal 2005 26(14):1446; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi315
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ASD closure for migraine: is there a scientific basis?

Vinod Kumar Gupta

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Mortelmans et al.1 studied the closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) for preventing migraine. These investigators speculate about small right-to-left shunt (RLS) in ASD during Valsalva or exercise,1 blurring the characteristic haemodynamic difference between patent foramen ovale (PFO)–RLS and ASD–left-to-right shunt (LRS).2 Additionally, in contrast to PFO with unpredictable . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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