Stroke in a scuba diver with patent foramen ovale

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-91

  Buttinelli, Carla ^a   Beccia, Mario ^a   Argentino, Corrado ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

PFO; Scuba diver; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DIVING; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0036393634     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2002.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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