Patent foramen ovale historical perspective


 * 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

 * Leonardi Botali (1564)- First to describe the presence of foramen ovale at birth,.
 * Cohnheim (1877) first described cryptogenic stroke with patent foramen ovale.