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PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE OF PATENT FORAMEN OVALE IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER INCIDENCE CRYPTOGENIC STROKES AMONG PATIENTS WITH INHERITED THROMBOPHIALIAS TREATED WITH ANTICOAGULANT OR ANTIAGGREGANT THERAPY

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Background: Cryptogenic stroke is a dreadful outcome for patients with patent foramen ovales (PFO's). Higher incidences of cryptogenic strokes are reported in patients with PFO's and inherited thrombophilias (ITs) such… Click to show full abstract

Background: Cryptogenic stroke is a dreadful outcome for patients with patent foramen ovales (PFO's). Higher incidences of cryptogenic strokes are reported in patients with PFO's and inherited thrombophilias (ITs) such as the Prothrombin and Factor V Leiden mutations. Since carriers of IT's are

Keywords: patent foramen; closure patent; ovale associated; foramen ovale; cryptogenic strokes; percutaneous closure

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2017

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