Patent oval foramen

Definition

A congenital cardiovascular finding in which there is a small interatrial communication (or potential communication) confined to the region of the oval fossa (fossa ovalis) characterised by no deficiency of the primary atrial septum (septum primum) and a normal limbus with no deficiency of the septum secundum (superior interatrial fold).

Also indexed as

Nearby in Congenital anomaly of atrial septum

• LA8E.1Atrial septal defect within oval fossa
• LA8E.2Sinus venosus defect
• LA8E.3Interatrial communication through coronary sinus orifice
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified