The brain's heart - Therapeutic opportunities for patent foramen ovale (PFO) and neurovascular disease

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-123

  Ning, Mingming ^a   Lo, Eng H ^a   Ning, Pei Chen ^a   Xu, Su Yu ^a   McMullin, David ^a   Demirjian, Zareh ^a   Inglessis, Ignacio ^a   Dec, G William ^a   Palacios, Igor ^a   Buonanno, Ferdinando S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CLOSURE I trial; Migraine; Neurovascular injury; Patent foramen ovale; PFO; RESPECT trial; Serotonin (5 HT); Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ANEURYSM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL SEPTAL ANEURYSM; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CADASIL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROVASCULAR INJURY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 84879417816     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: 1879016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2013.03.007     Document Type: Review

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