. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Mar 11;84(7):1138–1145. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25433

Table I.

Clinical and Echocardiographic Characteristics of the Patients Included in This Study PFO = patent foramen ovale; TEE = trans-esophageal echocardiography

Variable	Value (N = 10)
Age (years)	55 ± 11
Gender (women)	2 (20%)
Height (cm)	173 ± 9
Weight (kg)	85 ± 15
Body mass index (kg/m²)	29 ± 6
History of stroke	10 (100%)
History of hypertension	2 (20%)
History of hyperlipidemia	6 (60%)
Coronary artery disease	0 (0%)
Active smoking	1 (10%)
PFO detected via TEE	10 (100%)
Right to left shunt detected at rest on TEE	7 (70%)
Right to left shunt detected with Valsalva on TEE	10 (100%)
Right to left shunt at rest on intracardiac echocardiography (by bubble study and by color Doppler)	10 (100%)
Left ventricular ejection fraction on echocardiography (%)	61 ± 4