..., decompression sickness, migraine, patent foramen ovale, pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. Abbreviations : PFO, patent foramen ovale. Correspondence: Dr Peter Wilmshurst. of stroke in patients with migraine. Right-to-left shunts are also associated with neurological, cutaneous and cardiorespiratory decompression...

... decompression illness contrast echocardiography decompression sickness gas embolism lung function tests patent foramen ovale pulmonary arteriovenous fistula pulmonary barotrauma smoking spinal decompression illness 65Clinical Science (2000) 99, 65 75 (Printed in Great Britain) Relationship between...

... of amateur divers with early onset neurological symptoms, i.e. within 5min of surfacing. Inevitably, in such a Key words: decompression sickness, diving, foramen ovale, lung disease, smoking. tPresent addms: Newham General Hospital, London El3 8SL. U.K. Correspondence: Dr P. T. Wilmshuot. Huddersfield Royal...

... are affected (Elliott & Harrison, 1970). In com- pressed-air workers the figure is at least 20% (MRC Decompression Sickness Panel, 1971). At the present time there may be more than lo00 divers at risk in the North Sea alone and with the world-wide expansion in subsea explora- tion the number of men affected...