Valvular & structural heart disease
Decompression Illness in Divers With or Without Patent Foramen Ovale : A Cohort Study
Main finding · PFO-related DCIResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 9.34 95% CI 1.95–44.88Authors' conclusion
High-risk PFO was associated with an increased risk for DCI in scuba divers.
Study context
- Population
- Experienced scuba divers (>50 dives/year) from 13 diving organizations, tertiary cardiac centre, South Korea68 with PFO
- Participants
- 100 participants
- Exposure
- High-risk PFO vs low-risk PFO vs no PFO
- High-risk PFOn = 37
- Low-risk PFOn = 31
- Outcome
- PFO-related DCI
- Follow-up
- Mean 28.7 months
Methodological detailssingle-centre, TEE with saline bubble test; participants blinded to PFO status; symptoms adjudicated blinded
- Single-centre
- TEE with saline bubble test; participants blinded to PFO status; symptoms adjudicated blinded
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio
9.34
95% CI 1.95–44.88
By group
High-risk PFOvs Non-PFO
OR 9.34 (95% CI 1.95–44.88)
- PFO-related decompression illness (DCI) in PFO divers
- 12
- Difference across groups
- P = 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Decompression Illness in Divers With or Without Patent Foramen Ovale : A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. Published 11 July 2023. doi:10.
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