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Patent foramen ovale and scuba diving: a practical guide for physicians on when to refer for screening

Divers are taught some basic physiology during their training. There is therefore some underlying knowledge and understandable concern in the diving community about the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) as a cause of decompression illness (DCI). There is an agreement that PFO screening should...

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Autores principales: Sykes, Oliver, Clark, James E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3710076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849539
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-7648-2-10