Transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure mitigates aura migraine headaches abolishing spontaneous right-to-left shunting

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 922.e1-922.e5

  Giardini, Alessandro ^a   Donti, Andrea ^a   Formigari, Roberto ^a   Salomone, Luisa ^a   Prandstraller, Daniela ^a   Bonvicini, Marco ^a   Palareti, Gualtiero ^a   Guidetti, Donata ^b   Gaddi, Oscar ^b   Picchio, Fernando Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIGRAINE AURA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645232908     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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