Patent foramen ovale risk factors


 * Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [mailto:psingh@perfuse.org]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [mailto:kfeeney@perfuse.org]

Overview
Insofar as the disorder has been found to occur with an increased frequency in families, there may be at least in part a genetic component in the development of a patent foramen ovale.