FIGURE 1  Autopsy specimen illustrating patent foramen ovale, as viewed from the left atrium

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Patent foramen ovale and cerebrovascular diseases

Amish J Desai, Cindy J Fuller, Jill T Jesurum and Mark Reisman

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2006) 3, 446-455
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0597

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Figure 1.  Autopsy specimen illustrating patent foramen ovale, as viewed from the left atrium

The probe is holding up the septum primum. Photograph courtesy of and reproduced with permission from S Mackey, Jesse E Edwards Registry for Cardiovascular Disease, St Paul, MN, USA.

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