title: Understanding the role of patent foramen ovale in stroke.
authors.affiliation: ortho/neuro/trauma unit of York Hospital and York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: Carolyn E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*