Prevalence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and MRI-lesions in mild neurological decompression sickness (Type B-DCS/AGE)

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-205

  Koch, A E ^a   Kirsch, H ^a   Reuter, M ^b   Warninghoff, V ^a   Rieckert, H ^b   Deuschl, G ^b  

^a Schiffahrtmedizinisches Institut der Marine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 47249105169     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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