Screening and Risk Stratification Strategy Reduced Decompression Sickness Occurrence in Divers With Patent Foramen Ovale

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61383082:_____/22:00001203 RIV/00064203:_____/22:10430329 RIV/00216208:11110/22:10430329 RIV/00216208:11130/22:10430329

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.019" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.019</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.019" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.019</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Screening and Risk Stratification Strategy Reduced Decompression Sickness Occurrence in Divers With Patent Foramen Ovale

Original language description

OBJECTIVES: This paper sought to evaluate the occurrence of decompression sickness (DCS) after the application of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) screening and risk stratification strategy. BACKGROUND: PFO is associated with an increased risk of DCS. Recently, transcatheter closure was reported to reduce DCS occurrence in divers with a high-grade shunt. However, to date, there are no data regarding the effectiveness of any PFO screening and risk stratification strategy for divers. METHODS: A total of 829 consecutive divers (age 35.4 ± 10.0 years, 81.5% men) were screened for PFO by means of transcranial color-coded sonography in the DIVE-PFO (Decompression Illness Prevention in Divers with a Patent Foramen Ovale) registry. Divers with a high-grade PFO were offered either catheter-based PFO closure (the closure group) or advised conservative diving (high grades). Divers with a low-grade shunt were advised conservative diving (low grades), whereas those with no PFO continued unrestricted diving (controls). A telephone follow-up was performed. To study the effect of the screening and risk stratification strategy, DCS occurrence before enrollment and during the follow-up was compared. RESULTS: Follow-up was available for 748 (90%) divers. Seven hundred and 2 divers continued diving and were included in the analysis (mean follow-up 6.5 ± 3.5 years). The DCS incidence decreased significantly in all groups, except the controls. During follow-up, there were no DCS events in the closure group, DCS incidence was similar to the controls in the low-grade group (HR: 3.965, 95% CI: 0.558-28.18, P = 0.169) but remained higher in the high-grade group (HR: 26.170, 95% CI: 5.797-118.160, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The screening and risk stratification strategy using transcranial color-coded sonography was associated with a decrease in DCS occurrence in divers with PFO. Catheter-based PFO closure was associated with a DCS occurrence similar to the controls, the conservative strategy had a similar effect in the low-grade group, but in the high-grade group the DCS incidence remained higher than in all other groups.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10103 - Statistics and probability

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

ISSN

1936-878X

e-ISSN

1876-7591

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

181-189

UT code for WoS article

000840324300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85119037488