The management of patients with patent foramen ovale and stroke

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 483-490

  Meissner, Irene ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 28044450645     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-005-0048-5     Document Type: Review

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