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Descriptor English: Foramen Ovale
Descriptor Spanish: Foramen Oval
Descriptor foramen oval
Entry term(s) agujero oval
Scope note: Abertura del tabique interauricular (AURÍCULAS CARDIACAS) del corazón fetal. El foramen oval normalmente se cierra poco después del nacimiento; cuando no se cierra constituye la afección denominada FORAMEN OVAL PERMEABLE.
Descriptor Portuguese: Forame Oval
Descriptor French: Foramen ovale
Entry term(s): Foramen, Oval
Oval Foramen
Tree number(s): A07.541.459.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054085
Scope note: An opening in the wall between the right and the left upper chambers (HEART ATRIA) of a fetal heart. Oval foramen normally closes soon after birth; when it fails to close the condition is called PATENT OVAL FORAMEN.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see HEART SEPTUM 1991-2007
History Note: 2008; use HEART SEPTUM 1991-2007
DeCS ID: 52517
Unique ID: D054085
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Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2009/07/20
Foramen Ovale - Preferred
Concept UI M0009968
Scope note An opening in the wall between the right and the left upper chambers (HEART ATRIA) of a fetal heart. Oval foramen normally closes soon after birth; when it fails to close the condition is called PATENT OVAL FORAMEN.
Preferred term Foramen Ovale
Entry term(s) Foramen, Oval
Oval Foramen



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