A young woman with a symptomatic patent foramen ovale: Natasha's fascinating story

ABSTRACT

A young Amerasian woman developed transient ischemic attacks related to a patent foramen ovale. Her background personal story, involving being willed from her dying grandmother to a US photographer and attempting to find her serviceman father, has led to a book and a TED talk.

KEYWORDS:

• Children of Korean War
• patent foramen ovale
• patient story

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author thanks Natasha for permission to relate her moving personal history.