How should we assess patent foramen ovale?

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1245-1247

  Seiler, Christian ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLISM; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LONGEVITY; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 7244226252     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.031500     Document Type: Review

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