title: Should People with Patent Foramen Ovale Go to High Altitude? A Case Report of an Alpinist with a Patent Foramen Ovale Exposed to Extreme Altitude.
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurdziel
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gierlaszyńska
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazik
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurek
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Gracjan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pytel
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wacławski
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wasilewski
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fiszer
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gadula-Gacek
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Congenital Heart Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .|3 School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia , Katowice, Poland .
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Białkowski
authors.affiliation: 1 3rd Chair and Department of Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases , Zabrze, Poland .|3 School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia , Katowice, Poland .
authors.forename: Mariusz
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authors.lastname: Gąsior
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009051:Mountaineering / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors