Quote: (Originally Posted by
graham_hk)
I just had a TEE - all clear 
I did some research and talked (via a friend) with the professor who literally wrote the book on cardiology in NY. He said that to show, with reasonable sureness, a PFO you need to do atleast 8 bubble runs with significant straining. I got my doc to do 10... Its an uncomfortable test but (even though I have done numerous dives 1500 + down to 100m+ with upto 2.5h runtimes) I wanted to be sure to take my diving to the next level and due to recent increased family commitments. For me diving with a PFO is like Russian Roulette - you do have better than 1/6 odds though (you have to have a bubble going past the shunt at the time of straining which IMHO is why there is no "statistical" problem diving with a PFO). If the data was looked at a bit more closely I believe that would not be the case. Graham I am in the process of doing one within the next few weeks . In the event you do have a PFO, how soon after the "repair" job can you dive again. I was told 1-3 months but not sure.
-Ali