Pot causing all the heart disease and strokes

originally posted by: Dalamax

originally posted by: IndieA
a reply to: RAY1990

1/4 people have a hole in their heart.

Well, that's hard to believe. Can you share a source to back up this claim?

One would hope there are at least two holes in a heart.

When a newborn takes its first breath, blood pressures change and the foramen ovale flap closes. Within a few months it has sealed completely in about 75% of us. When it remains open, it is called a patent foramen ovale (“patent” means “open”).

For the vast majority of the millions of people with a PFO, it is not a problem, even though a small amount of blood can leak from the left to the right atrium, causing a slight increase in blood flowing to the lungs.

Problems can arise when pressures within the heart change for various reasons and the foramen ovale flap never completely sealed, allowing blood to flow from the right atrium to the left. If that blood contains a clot it can travel elsewhere in the body including the brain, which could lead to a stroke.