Risk factors for pulmonary embolism in patients with stroke and patent foramen ovale

Cerebrovasc Dis. 2007;24(1):138-9. doi: 10.1159/000103616. Epub 2007 Jun 11.
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MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / complications
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnosis
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / etiology*
  • Female
  • Heart Aneurysm / complications*
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology
  • Heart Aneurysm / pathology
  • Heart Atria / pathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology
  • Heart Septum / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pulmonary Embolism / complications
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Stroke / etiology*
  • Stroke / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color