Patent foramen ovale: Anatomy versus pathophysiology - Which determines stroke risk?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-76

  Natanzon, Alex ^b   Goldman, Martin E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0037271795     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2003.34     Document Type: Article

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