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- Published on: 5 April 2001
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- Published on: 5 April 2001Clinical and functional relevance of PFO relates to size - Authors' responseShow More
Dear Editor,
I am grateful to Dr Turner and Dr Bryson for their interest in our Editorial.
I think they are right, all PFOs are "not equal". As stated in the editorial, there is only conclusive data that large patent foramen ovale capable of passage of more than 20 micro bubbles without provocative manouvers are implicated in crytogenic stroke. It seems reasonable to infer that the situation with d...
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None declared. - Published on: 5 April 2001Clinical and functional relevance of PFO relates to sizeDear Editor,Show More
We were interested to read the review about the exciting topic of patent foramen ovale (PFO).[1]
The authors raise the interesting conundrum that has prevented PFO being considered an important abnormality - How can a problem affecting one-quarter of all individuals be associated with disease? Indeed with regard to decompression illness (DCI) the authors state that whilst many divers have a PFO,...
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