Cryptogenic Stroke with a Patent Foramen Ovale: Medical Therapy, Percutaneous Intervention, or Surgery. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • More than one third of ischemic strokes have an unidentifiable cause. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) plays a controversial role in this subset of patients. The evidence for and against the hypothesis of paradoxical embolism is reviewed and we discuss the optimal management of a PFO under different circumstances.

publication date

  • January 19, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Foramen Ovale, Patent
  • Stroke

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84959324199

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/jocs.12693

PubMed ID

  • 26785821

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 31

issue

  • 3