Cryptogenic stroke in children: Possible role of patent foramen ovale

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-56

  Agnetti, Aldo ^a   Carano, N ^a   Sani, E ^a   Tchana, B ^a   Allegri, V ^a   Bernasconi, S ^a   Squarcia, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foramen ovale; Paradoxical embolism; Patent; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33645698753     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923936     Document Type: Article

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