Effect of medical treatment in stroke patients with patent foramen ovale: Patent foramen ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Study

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2625-2631

  Homma, Shunichi ^a,c   Sacco, Ralph L ^b   Di Tullio, Marco R ^a   Sciacca, Robert R ^a   Mohr, J P ^b  

^a Teachers College   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Aspirin; Echocardiography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PLACEBO; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 0037024261     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000017498.88393.44     Document Type: Article

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