Volume 12, Number 1, January-February 2005

Holes and strokes
Mushtaq Wani, Ranjini Navaratnasingam

Five case histories are described to illustrate the importance of patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm as risk factors in stroke aetiology. Diagnostic methods, and the current and future management of these atrial septal defects, are briefly discussed.

Br J Cardiol 2005;12:53-56.

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