[Ischemic stroke associated with patent foramen ovale: hospital database analysis].

Objective: To analyze clinical and instrumental characteristics of patients with ischemic stroke (IS) due to paradoxical embolism according to the data of hospital registers of Moscow and Perm.

Material And Methods: A comprehensive study of 114 patients, aged 18 to 55 years, with IS by the mechanism of paradoxical embolism was carried out. All patients underwent clarification of the cause of IS (electrocardiography, ultrasound scanning of the brachiocephalic arteries, CT or MRI of the brain, CT or MR angiography, transthoracic and/or transesophageal echocardiography).