PFO or UFO: how good is transesophageal echocardiography in identifying patent foramen ovale as the cause of a cryptogenic stroke?
Department of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.
Julius M
JM
Gardin
D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Editorials; cryptogenic stroke; patent foramen ovale; trans esophageal echocardiography