Name: The Paradox of Paradoxical Embolism and Recurrent Stroke
Creator: Abou-Chebl, Alex
Keywords: Male, Cardiac Catheterization, Septal Occluder Device, patent foramen ovale, PFO closure, Foramen Ovale, Patent, 3. Good health, Stroke, Ischemic Attack, Transient, embolic stroke

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Aug 2014 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, volume 7, pages 921-922 (issn: 1936-8798,

Authors: Abou-Chebl, Alex;

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.03.006

pmid: 25147038

The Paradox of Paradoxical Embolism and Recurrent Stroke

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Ischemic stroke is a complex condition with multiple possible causes, but up to 30% to 40% of patients have no identifiable source despite a “thorough” evaluation; that is, the strokes are cryptogenic. Paradoxical embolism via a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the cause of some of those

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Male, Cardiac Catheterization, Septal Occluder Device, patent foramen ovale, PFO closure, Foramen Ovale, Patent, Stroke, Ischemic Attack, Transient, embolic stroke, Secondary Prevention, Humans, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Embolism, Paradoxical

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