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Cryptogenic stroke over 60 years of age: should patent foramen ovale be closed?

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an anatomical communication between the left and the right atrium due to the lack of completed sealing of the fossa ovalis. Epidemiologic data, for the most part derived from young populations studies, suggested that PFO, allowing paradoxical embolization of thrombotic...

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Autores principales: Gaspardone, Achille, Sgueglia, Gregory A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32523446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suaa067