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Review
. 2005 Sep;3(5):875-8.
doi: 10.1586/14779072.3.5.875.

Patent foramen ovale

Yun-Ching Fu  1 , Ziyad M Hijazi
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Review

Patent foramen ovale

Yun-Ching Fu et al. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

Patent foramen ovale is incriminated in patients with cryptogenic stroke; however, concrete evidence that closure of patent foramen ovale using various devices is superior to continued medical therapy is not yet available. Controlled randomized trials are well underway to address this issue.

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