Sex differences in cryptogenic stroke with patent foramen ovale

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 461-465

  Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Wiedmer, Sebastian ^a   Schwerzmann, Markus ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Haefeli, Tobias ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 50449086876     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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