Recreational scuba diving, patent foramen ovale and their associated risks

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 131, Issue 25-26, 2001, Pages 365-374

  Schwerzmann, M ^a   Seiler, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; Diving; Patent foramen ovale; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEHYDRATION; DIVING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LEISURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK; SPORT;

EID: 0035973086     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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