Prevalence of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients with Stroke
- 5 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 318 (18) , 1148-1152
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198805053181802
Abstract
The cause of ischemic stroke in younger adults is undefined in as many as 35 percent of patients. We studied the prevalence of patent foramen ovale as detected by contrast echocardiography in a population of 60 adults under 55 years old with ischemic stroke and a normal cardiac examination. We compared the results with those in a control group of 100 patients.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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