From observation of recent data linking migraine with right‐to‐left shunts and by analogy
with the etiologies of decompression illness, we postulate that cardiac and pulmonary …

A relationship between migraine with aura and the presence of right-to-left shunts has been
reported in two studies. Right-to-left shunts are also associated with some forms of …

A persistent foramen ovale (PFO) and other types of right-to-left shunts are associated with
neurological, cutaneous and cardiovascular decompression illness (DCI). A right-to-left …

There is dispute as to whether paradoxical gas embolism is an important aetiological factor
in neurological decompression illness, particularly when the spinal cord is affected. We …

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in most developed countries,
but mortality is particularly high in some parts of Britain. These high rates can be lowered …

All organisms require oxygen for metabolism, but the oxygen in water is unavailable to
mammals. Divers (and diving mammals such as whales and seals) are entirely dependent …

Abstract (Smart D, Mitchell S, Wilmshurst P, Turner M, Banham N. Joint position statement
on persistent foramen ovale (PFO) and diving. South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society …

1. In adult humans with growth hormone deficiency, treatment with growth hormone has
recently been shown to have major anabolic effects and to improve exercise performance …

Twenty-four patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy were identified at St. Thomas' Hospital
during a 17-year period. All had endomyocardial biopsy, but in two patients the biopsy …

We call for retraction of the 2008 Lancet article on “clinical transplantation of a tissue-
engineered airway” by Macchiarini and colleagues. 1 The paper received international …