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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 24:14:1274123.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1274123. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Understanding PFO-associated stroke

Theodoros Karapanayiotides  1 , Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas  2 , Marta Rubiera  3 , Gilles Montalescot  4 , Panayiotis Mitsias  5
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Editorial: Understanding PFO-associated stroke

Theodoros Karapanayiotides et al. Front Neurol. .
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Keywords: PFO (patent foramen ovale); cryptogenic stroke; paradoxical embolism; right to left cardiac shunt; stroke.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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