Patent foramen ovale and diving

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-104

  Germonpré, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ACCIDENT; ALGORITHM; BRAIN INJURY; BREATHING; COMPUTER; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; DIVING; EVALUATION; GAS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 12844264134     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2004.10.005     Document Type: Review

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