High-grade patent foramen ovale is a risk factor of unprovoked decompression sickness in recreational divers.
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that a high-grade PFO was a major risk factor for unprovoked DCS in recreational scuba divers.
PMID: 31255461 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Honěk J, Šrámek M, Šefc L, Januška J, Fiedler J, Horváth M, Tomek A, Novotný Š, Honěk T, Veselka J Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research