title: Is closure recommended for patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke? Patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: to close or not to close? Closure: what else!
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. stephan.windecker@insel.ch
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Windecker
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*