Transcatheter PFO Closure in an Aircrew Member with Cryptogenic Stroke: Aeromedical Disposition

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-183

  Johnson, Edward G ^a,b   McCrary, Brian F ^a   Kruyer, William B ^a  

^a United States AF Sch Aerosp Med ^*  (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic stroke; Patent foramen ovale; Transcatheter device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOGENIC STROKE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642499148     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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