Patent foramen ovale: Echocardiographic evaluation and clinical implications

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 793-797

  Kronzon, Itzhak ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Patent foramen ovale; Peripheral embolization; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPOXIA; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANOXIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33751561913     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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