J Tejada García, L B Lara Lezama, R de la Fuente Blanco, A Pérez de Prado, L Benavente Fernández, M Rico Santos, M D Fernández Couto, L Naya Ríos, I Couso Pazó, P V Alba, L Redondo-Robles, L López Mesonero, S Arias-Rivas, M Santamaría Cadavid, H Tejada Meza, L Horna Cañete, I Azkune Calle, A Pinedo Brochado, J M García Sánchez, I Caballero Romero, M M Freijo Guerrero, A Luna Rodríguez, M de Lera-Alfonso, J F Arenillas Lara, C Pérez Lázaro, M P Navarro Pérez, M Martínez Zabaleta
INTRODUCTION: There is an extending use of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) as therapy for PFO-associated cryptogenic strokes. The aim of our study was to investigate the clinical practice of percutaneous closure of PFO and to analyse the variables for decision-making on the selection of patients for this procedure. METHOD: A prospective observational multicentric survey was conducted using all the cases of cryptogenic stroke/transient ischaemic attack associated with PFO recorded in the NORDICTUS hospital registry during the period 2018-2021...
November 5, 2022: Neurología