title: Patent foramen ovale and its relationship to stroke.
abstract: This article discusses the relationship between patent foramen ovale and stroke, particularly in reference to paradoxical embolism as a cause of cryptogenic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868-4280, USA. scramer@uci.edu
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cramer
mesh_terms: D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology