title: Is closure recommended for patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke? Patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke: not to close.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. messe@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Messé
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kasner
mesh_terms: D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology