Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in ischaemic stroke in italy: Results of SISIFO study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 162-169

  Consoli, Domenico ^a,r   Paciaroni, Maurizio ^f,r   Galati, Franco ^a,r   Aguggia, Marco ^g,r   Melis, Maurizio ^h,r   Malferrari, Giovanni ^i,r   Consoli, Arturo ^o   Vidale, Simone ^j,r   Bosco, Domenico ^p   Cerrato, Paolo ^k,r   Sacco, Simona ^m   Gandolfo, Carlo ^c   Bovi, Paolo ^l,r   Serrati, Carlo ⁿ   Del Sette, Massimo ^e,r   Cavallini, Anna ^b,r   Postorino, Paolo ^a,r   Reboldi, Paolo ^f   Ricci, Stefano ^d,s   Toni, D ^r   Ricci, S ^r   Micieli, G ^r   Sterzi, R ^r   Gensini, G F ^r   Comito, M ^r   Neri, G ^r   Zarcone, D ^r   Zaninelli, A ^r   Franco, Giovanni Maria ^r   Vecchio, Antonino ^r   David, Piero ^r   Orlando, Concetta ^r   Francolino, Annabella ^r   Grillo, Gaetano ^r   Gattuso, Caterina ^r   Comito, Michele ^r   Cardona, Nicola ^r   De Nardo, Alfredo ^r   Tulino, Domenico ^r   Arnaboldi, Marco ^r   Sampietro, Alberto ^r   Ricci, Silvia ^r   Riga, Patrizia ^r   Degan, Diana ^r   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^r   Acciarresi, Monica ^r   Alberti, Andrea ^r   Caso, Valeria ^r   D'Amore, Cataldo ^r   Venti, Michele ^r   Balestrino, Maurizio ^c   Bruno, Chiara ^c   Finocchi, Cinzia ^c   Massucco, Davide ^c   Sassos, Davide ^c   Viani, Erica ^c   Reale, Nicoletta ^c   Rizzi, Domenica ⁿ   Brusa, Giulia ⁿ   Ottonello, Gian Andrea ⁿ   Carlino, Valeria ^r   Cotroneo, Masina ^r   Cibei, Eugenio ^r   Gaeta, Roberta ^r   Maregatti, Laura ^r   Tartara, Elena ^r   Spinelli, Maria Carmela ^r   Lentini, Alessandra ^r   Piras, Valeria ^r   Moller, Jessica ^r   Lilliu, Marzia ^r   Fois, Vladimiro ^r   Carletti, Monica ^r   Luisa Zedde, Maria ^r   Stanzione, Paolo ^r   Diomedi, Marina ^q,r   Carbotta, Giovanni ^r   Cenciarelli, Silvia ^s   Mattioni, Alessia ^s   Gallinella, Elisabetta ^s   Condurso, Rosaria ^s   Sicilia, Isabella ^s   Menichetti, Chiara ^s   Conti, Lorenzo ^s   Cecconi, Stefano ^s   more..

^a UO di Neurologia   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UO Neurologia ASL 1 Dell' Umbria Ospedale   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g Neurologia e Stroke Unit Ospedale Cardinal Massaja Asti   (Italy)

^h BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ Nuclear Medicine Unit Department of Oncology and Advanced Technology Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova IRCCS Reggio Emilia   (Italy)

^j SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k AOU 'Molinette'   (Italy)

^l Pediatric Hematology Oncology AOU Integrata   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^o CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^p 'S Giovanni di Dio' Hospital   (Italy)

^q TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^r Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata ^*

^s Citt di Castello   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cryptogenic stroke; Patent cardiac foramen ovale; Risk factor; Stroke epidemiology; Transcranial doppler ultrasound embolus detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; VALSALVA MANEUVER; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84924211193     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375152     Document Type: Article

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