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Percutaneous PFO closure for cryptogenic stroke in the setting of a systematic cardiac and neurological screening and a standardised follow-up protocol

BACKGROUND: There are no uniform workup and follow-up (FU) protocols for patients presenting with cryptogenic embolism (CE) who undergo percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO). METHODS: We prospectively performed a systematic cardiac and neurological FU protocol in all patients who unde...

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Autores principales: Noble, Stéphane, Bonvini, Robert F, Rigamonti, Fabio, Sztajzel, Roman, Perren, Fabienne, Meyer, Philippe, Müller, Hajo, Roffi, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5255557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28123762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2016-000475