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Patent foramen ovale closure reduces recurrent stroke risk in cryptogenic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

AIM: To investigate if patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure device reduces the risk of recurrent stroke in patients with cryptogenic stroke. METHODS: We searched five databases - PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, CINAHL and Web-of-Science and clinicaltrials.gov from January 2000 to September 2017 for randomiz...

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Autores principales: Anantha-Narayanan, Mahesh, Anugula, Dixitha, Das, Gladwin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29983901
http://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v10.i6.41