Patent foramen ovale in an old patient with ischemic stroke following carotid surgery

J Geriatr Cardiol. 2018 Aug;15(8):551-553. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.08.001.

Authors

Elpidio Santillo¹, Monica Migale¹, Luciano Marini¹, Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi²

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric-Rehabilitative Department, Italian National Research Center on Aging IRCCS-INRCA, Fermo, Italy.
² Chair of Geriatrics, Biomedic Campus University, Via Àlvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 30344536
PMCID: PMC6188942
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.08.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Carotid surgery; Ischemic stroke; Patent foramen ovale; The elderly.