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. 2005 May-Jun;14(3):138-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2005.01.006.

Sauna stroke syndrome

Josef G Heckmann  1 , Christoph Rauch, Sia Seidler, Matthias Dütsch, Burkhard Kasper
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Sauna stroke syndrome

Josef G Heckmann et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2005 May-Jun.

Abstract

This report describes a 64-year-old man with a large cerebral infarction during sauna bathing. He had no typical cerebrovascular risk factors. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a patent foramen ovale of 5-mm diameter. In this patient a causal relationship between stroke and sauna bathing is considered and described by the term "sauna stroke syndrome."

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