PFO and stroke: What are the data?

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-57

  Wechsler, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular closure; PFO; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ANEURYSM; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 37349068549     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e31815771e4     Document Type: Review

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