title: Response to letters regarding article, "Stroke or transient ischemic attack in patients with transvenous pacemaker or defibrillator and echocardiographically detected patent foramen ovale".
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Christopher V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: DeSimone
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noheria
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ackerman
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Samuel J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Asirvatham
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: DeSimone
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Aakre
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Vaibhav R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noheria
authors.affiliation: Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Nikhil A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Visiting Scholars Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bdeir
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Joshua P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Slusser
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Hodge
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Alejandro A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rabinstein
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography