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First dedicated PFO assessment and treatment Clinic in Australia opens in Sydney.
Due to popular demand from our patients Dr Sharpe and associates have established PFO Clinics as the first dedicated PFO assessment and treatment clinic in Australia.
As you know we have been assessing and successfully treating patients with PFO (patent foramen ovale) for over 6 years throughout Northern NSW and Queensland. Patients already travel from overseas and interstate to access our services so now will be moving closer to you.
As you know we have been assessing and successfully treating patients with PFO (patent foramen ovale) for over 6 years throughout Northern NSW and Queensland. Patients already travel from overseas and interstate to access our services so now will be moving closer to you.
Starting in Sydney mid March 2015 (Brisbane and Melbourne Clinics will follow).
PFO Clinics is at the cutting edge of assessment, treatment and research of PFO related conditions and diseases such as Stroke, migraine, decompression illness, and severe breathlessness and fatigue.
If you have friends or relatives who you think may benefit from seeing us, please share this or refer them to pfoclinics.com
PFO Clinics is at the cutting edge of assessment, treatment and research of PFO related conditions and diseases such as Stroke, migraine, decompression illness, and severe breathlessness and fatigue.
If you have friends or relatives who you think may benefit from seeing us, please share this or refer them to pfoclinics.com
Online bookings in Sydney, Newcastle and Gold Coast available now. Brisbane and Melbourne coming soon...
Patent Foramen Ovale (hole in the heart)?
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a small flap like structure that permits flow from the right to the left side of the heart whilst the fetus is in the womb. It is a dynamic three dimensional structure. As a fetus is using the placenta and mother for oxygenation and nutrition, the majority of blood flow is redirected away from the lungs through this flap.
Of the 25%, a small number of people develop problems from the crossing over (shunting) of blood from the right atrium directly to the left atrium. Problems arise because the blood in the right side of the heart has been returned from all parts of the body. It is low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide, it may have partially degraded blood cells (red blood cell, platelets, white blood cells), blood clots, other by products or proteins present that are potentially harmful if recirculated in the body.
The vast majority of people with a PFO go on to live long and healthy lives and others suffer from stroke, debilitating migraine, fatigue, poor oxygen perfusion and in the case of scuba diving may even go on to suffer from decompression illness.
Visit pfoclinics.com and take the simple online quiz to see if you symptoms may be related to a hole in the heart.
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