title: Clinical significance of fossa ovalis membrane aneurysm in adults with cardioembolic cerebral ischemia.
abstract: Fossa ovalis membrane aneurysm was diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography in 45 of 134 consecutive patients (34%) with embolic cerebrovascular ischemic events. A potential cardiovascular source of embolism, other than the fossa ovalis membrane aneurysm, was found in 91% of these patients (41 of 45).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilercil
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Meisner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vijayaraman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gentilucci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Metveyeva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hla
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Strom
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shirani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*