Absence of recurrent stroke after percutaneous closure of patent foremen ovale despite residual right-to-left cardiac shunt assessed by transcranial Doppler

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 101, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 435-441

  van de Wyngaert, Françoise ^a   Kefer, Joëlle ^a   Hermans, Cédric ^a   Ovaert, Caroline ^a   Pasquet, Agnès ^a   Beguin, Claire ^a   Sindic, Christian ^a   Sluysmans, Thierry ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doppler; Interventional catheterization; Patent foramen ovale; Stroke; Transcranial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 56049101192     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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