Paradoxical embolism through the patent foramen ovale - The elderly is where the money is

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 971-972

  Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749110443     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21876     Document Type: Note

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