May-Thurner syndrome in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale: An important clinical association

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1502-1504

  Kiernan, Thomas J ^a,d   Yan, Bryan P ^a   Cubeddu, Roberto J ^a   Rengifo Moreno, Pablo ^a   Gupta, Vishal ^a   Inglessis, Ignacio ^a   Ning, MingMing ^c,d   Demirjian, Zareh N ^b   Jaff, Michael R ^a   Buonanno, Ferdinando S ^c,d   Schainfeld, Robert M ^a   Palacios, Igor F ^a  

^a Hematology Unit   (Italy)

^b Department of Medicine   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurology   (Ireland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic stroke; Iliac vein thrombosis; May Thurner syndrome; PFO

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAY THURNER SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 65249169293     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.527366     Document Type: Article

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