Neuroimaging findings in cryptogenic stroke patients with and without patent foramen ovale

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 675-680

  Thaler, David E ^a   Ruthazer, Robin ^a   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^b   Di Tullio, Marco R ^a   Donovan, Jennifer S ^a   Elkind, Mitchell S V ^c   Griffith, John ^a   Homma, Shunichi ^c   Jaigobin, Cheryl ^d   Mas, Jean Louis ^e   Mattle, Heinrich P ^f   Michel, Patrik ^g   Mono, Marie Luise ^f   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^h   Papetti, Federica ⁱ   Serena, Joaquín ^j   Weimar, Christian ^k   Kent, David M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h Triemli Municipal Hospital   (Switzerland)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^j GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Cryptogenic stroke; Imaging; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876281496     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.677039     Document Type: Article

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