Recurrent Transient Ischemic Attack Followed By Stroke Due To Stretched Patent Foramen Ovale – A Rare Entity

Abstract

A Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) is not a true deficiency of atrial septal tissue but rather a potential space or separation between the septum primum and septum secundum located in the anterosuperior portion of the atrial septum. It is not considered a true Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), because no structural deficiency of the atrial septal tissue is present. We are describing a unique case of recurrent transient attacks followed by stroke associated with finding of a large stretched PFO on echocardiography.