Diagnosis of an anatomically and physiologically significant patent foramen ovale.
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چکیده
The presence of an anatomically and physiologically significant patent foramen ovale (PFO) appears to be associated with several different clinical conditions,1 including unexplained neurological decompression sickness (DCS) in divers2–7 and aviators/astronauts,8–9 cryptogenic stroke,10–15 and the platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome.16–20 Recently, it appears that migraine headache also may be associated with a PFO.21–25
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Echocardiography
دوره 23 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006