Follow-up of residual shunt after patent foramen ovale closure

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-261

  Orzan, F ^a   Liboni, W ^b   Bonzano, A ^c   Molinari, F ^d   Ribezzo, M ^a   Rebaudengo, N ^b   Grippi, G ^b   Negri, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Gradenigo Hospital   (Italy)

^c MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

patent foramen ovale; transcranial doppler; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77956396127     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01302.x     Document Type: Article

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