Transcatheter occlusion of patent foramen ovale: A prevention for decompression illness?

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-274

  Moon, R E ^a   Bove, A A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OCCLUSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EDITORIAL; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 8844254856     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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