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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 28:12:718457.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.718457. eCollection 2021.

Editorial: Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure for Prevention of Stroke

Damianos G Kokkinidis  1 , Aristeidis H Katsanos  2 , George Giannakoulas  3 , Harsimran S Singh  4 , Guillaume Turc  5 , Vincent Thijs  6
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Editorial: Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure for Prevention of Stroke

Damianos G Kokkinidis et al. Front Neurol. .
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Keywords: PFO closure device; cryptogenic stroke; patent foramen ovale; stroke; stroke prevention.

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