Spontaneous large right-to-left shunt and migraine headache with aura are risk factors for recurrent stroke in patients with a patent foramen ovale

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Giardini, Alessandro ^a   Donti, Andrea ^a   Formigari, Roberto ^a   Salomone, Luisa ^a   Palareti, Gualtiero ^a   Guidetti, Donata ^b   Picchio, Fernando Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Migraine; Patent foramen ovale; Stroke; Transcranial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE AURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 34447513731     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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