PFO Closure for Cryptogenic Stroke

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 26 Apr 2018 English Publisher:Massachusetts Medical SocietyJournal:New England Journal of Medicine, volume 378, pages 1,639-1,642 (issn: 0028-4793, eissn: 1533-4406,

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Authors: Michael Y, Mi; Peter C, Block; Joseph P, Broderick;

doi: 10.1056/nejmclde1715853

pmid: 29694824

PFO Closure for Cryptogenic Stroke

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Abstract

PFO Closure for Cryptogenic Stroke This interactive feature about prevention of recurrent stroke offers a case vignette accompanied by essays that support recommending either surgery to close a patent foramen ovale or medical therapy and lifestyle changes alone.

Keywords

Male, Stroke, Thromboembolism, Secondary Prevention, Anticoagulants, Foramen Ovale, Patent, Humans, Healthy Lifestyle, Middle Aged

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