Response to letter regarding article, "Transesophageal echocardiography in cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale analysis of putative high-risk features from the risk of paradoxical embolism database".
Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Benjamin S
BS
Wessler
Department of Neurology, Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
David E
DE
Thaler
Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness Center Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
Robin
R
Ruthazer
Department of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Christian
C
Weimar
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Marco R
MR
Di Tullio
Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Mitchell S V
MS
Elkind
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Shunichi
S
Homma
Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness Center Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
Jennifer S
JS
Lutz
Department of Neurology, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France.
Jean-Louis
JL
Mas
Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Heinrich P
HP
Mattle
Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Bernhard
B
Meier
Department of Neurology, Triemli Municipal Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
Krassen
K
Nedeltchev
Department of Cardiology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Federica
F
Papetti
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Emanuele
E
Di Angelantonio
Cardiology Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle.
Mark
M
Reisman
Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari Doctor Josep Trueta Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona, Girona, Spain.
Joaquín
J
Serena
Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness Center Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
David M
DM
Kent
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*