title: Is closure of patent foramen ovale to prevent ischaemic stroke ever justified?
authors.affiliation: Trent Cardiac Centre, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Philip M W
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bath
mesh_terms: D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D035501:Uncertainty