Lower transfer factor of the lung for carbon monoxide in women with a patent foramen ovale.

Annalisa E Schallerer Joseph W DukeJulia P SperosTyler S MangumH Cameron NorrisKara M BeasleySteven S LaurieJonathan E ElliottJames T DavisAndrew T Lovering

Published in: Experimental physiology (2022)

in women with versus without a PFO was physiologically relevant (≥0.5 z-score difference). There was no effect of PFO in men. This suggests that factors independent of the PFO are responsible for our findings, possibly inherent structural differences in the lung.

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