Patent foramen ovale closure in recreational divers: Effect on decompression illness and ischaemic brain lesions during long-term follow-up

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1932-1937

  Billinger, Michael ^a   Zbinden, Rainer ^a   Mordasini, Raffaela ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Schwerzmann, Markus ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a   Seiler, Christian ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DIVER; DIVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION;

EID: 80655148988     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300436     Document Type: Article

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