Patent foramen ovale in an elderly male with multiple embolic infarcts

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with embolic stroke, particularly in younger patients. In older patients, atrial fibrillation is a more common cause of embolic stroke. A PFO may be considered culpable at higher age when other potential embolic sources are absent or after recurrent stroke de...

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Autores principales: Aarli, Sander Johan, Kråkenes, Jostein, Omdal, Tom Roar, Waje‐Andreassen, Ulrike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1852
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author Aarli, Sander Johan
Kråkenes, Jostein
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Waje‐Andreassen, Ulrike
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description Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with embolic stroke, particularly in younger patients. In older patients, atrial fibrillation is a more common cause of embolic stroke. A PFO may be considered culpable at higher age when other potential embolic sources are absent or after recurrent stroke despite prophylactic treatment.
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spelling pubmed-62931862018-12-18 Patent foramen ovale in an elderly male with multiple embolic infarcts Aarli, Sander Johan Kråkenes, Jostein Omdal, Tom Roar Waje‐Andreassen, Ulrike Clin Case Rep Case Reports Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with embolic stroke, particularly in younger patients. In older patients, atrial fibrillation is a more common cause of embolic stroke. A PFO may be considered culpable at higher age when other potential embolic sources are absent or after recurrent stroke despite prophylactic treatment. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6293186/ /pubmed/30564337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1852 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Patent foramen ovale in an elderly male with multiple embolic infarcts
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title_sort patent foramen ovale in an elderly male with multiple embolic infarcts
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1852
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