title: Intrapulmonary shunts and its implications for assessment in stroke and divers with type II decompression illness.
authors.affiliation: Heart Clinic of Louisiana, Marrero, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Edmund Kenneth
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kerut
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serio
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: PFO; cryptogenic stroke; decompression sickness; intrapulmonary shunt