title: Case study: closure of a patent foramen ovale without surgery following stroke.
authors.affiliation: York University, Toronto, Ontario. dduff@yorku.ca
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duff
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015984:Causality; D002755:Choice Behavior; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications; D004867:Equipment Design; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*