Patent Foramen Ovale and its Consequences: Do You Have a Hole in Your Heart? 20% of You Might!

In this video we will review the basic functional anatomy of the heart and lungs, as well as review how the blood flows and reacts to blockages (I call these beaver dams) in various locations of the heart and lungs. Then we will discuss a patent foramen ovale (a.k.a., probe patent foramen ovale) and its sequelae (consequences). You will learn about hypoxia and the dangers of the right to left shunting of blood in the heart, as well as the potentially fatal paradoxical embolism.