To close or not to close: PFO, sex and cerebrovascular events

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Ferguson, Toby ^a   Sansing, Lauren H ^a   Herrmann, Howard ^a   Cucchiara, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 33846143868     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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