Patent foramen ovale and ischemic stroke in young people: Statistical association or causal relation?;Forame oval patente e acidente vascular cerebral isquêmico em jovens: Associação causal ou estatística?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-520

  Negrão, Edson Marcio ^a,b   Brandi, Ivar Viana ^b   Nunes, Simone Vilela ^b   Távora, Daniel Gurgel Fernandes ^b   Nakayama, Mauro ^b   Beraldo, Paulo Sergio Siebra ^a  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

^b SQN 212 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defects; Cerebrovascular accident; Patent foramen ovale; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 34347335836     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2007000500003     Document Type: Article

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