Identification of professional scuba divers with patent foramen ovale at risk for decompression illness

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-273

  Cartoni, Domenico ^b   De Castro, Stefano ^a   Valente, Giuliana ^b   Costanzo, Corrado ^b   Pelliccia, Antonio ^b   Beni, Sergio ^b   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^b   Papetti, Federica ^b   Serdoz, Laura Vitali ^b   Fedele, Francesco ^b  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 3142566620     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.084     Document Type: Article

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