Incidence and Size of Patent Foramen Ovale During the First 10 Decades of Life: An Autopsy Study of 965 Normal Hearts

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 17-20

  HAGEN, PHILIP T ^a   SCHOLZ, DAVID G ^b   EDWARDS, WILLIAM D ^a  

^a Mayo Medical School ^*

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; HEART; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE;

EID: 0021352808     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)60336-X     Document Type: Article

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