The risk of paradoxical embolism (RoPE) study: Initial description of the completed database

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 612-619

  Thaler, David E ^a   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^b   Di Tullio, Marco R ^c   Donovan, Jennifer S ^a   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   Ruthazer, Robin ^a   Serena, Joaquín ^j   Weimar, Christian ^k   Elkind, Mitchell S V ^c   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; Endovascular closure; Individual patient meta analysis; Patent foramen ovale; Risk modeling; Secondary stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CRYPTOGENIC STROKE; ENDOVASCULAR CLOSURE; INDIVIDUAL PATIENT META-ANALYSIS; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; RISK MODELING; SECONDARY STROKE PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84876297481     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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