title: Reply: patent foramen ovale and paradoxical systemic embolism: can we determine high-risk characteristics by echocardiography?
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stortecky
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Windecker
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction