Risk of recurrent cerebrovascular events in patients with cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack and patent foramen ovale: The FORI (Foramen Ovale Registro Italiano) study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-116

  Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Bertolini, Andrea ^b   Pezzini, Alessandro ^c   Padovani, Alessandro ^c   Caso, Valeria ^a   Venti, Michele ^a   Alberti, Andrea ^a   Palmiero, Rosa Antonietta ^d   Cerrato, Paolo ^d   Silvestrelli, Giorgio ^e   Lanari, Alessia ^e   Previdi, Paolo ^e   Corea, Francesco ^f,g   Balducci, Alessandro ^g   Ferri, Roberto ^g   Falcinelli, Francesca ^g   Filippucci, Esmeralda ^g   Chiocchi, Paolo ^g   Grandi, Fabio Chiodo ^h   Ferigo, Laura ^h   Musolino, Rosa ⁱ   Bersano, Anna ^j   Ghione, Isabella ^j   Sacco, Simona ^k   Carolei, Antonio ^k   Baldi, Antonio ^l   Ageno, Walter ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^l Ospedale di Portogruaro   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Patent foramen ovale; Percutaneous closure; Recurrent stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL SEPTAL ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERCUTANEOUS PATENT FORAMEN OVALE CLOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 78349287771     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321334     Document Type: Article

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