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Scuba divers with patent foramen ovale at risk for decompression illness
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Domenico Cartoni, Maria Penco*, Stefano De Castro, Giuliana Valente***, Corrado Costanzo***, Antonio Pelliccia****, Laura Vitali Serdoz, Rachele Adorisio**, Francesco Fedele**.
Department of Clinical Medicine, *Cardiology of University of L’Aquila, **Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, La Sapienza University, ***Centro Iperbarico Romano, ****Istituto di Scienza dello Sport, CONI, Rome, Italy
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