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From: "Marc Dufour" <emdx@ac*.ne*>
To: caccioly@co*.ri*.co*.br* (Carlos Arruda Accioly), techdiver@terra.net
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 19:55:09 -5
Subject: Re: Checking for PFO

Le/On22 Jul 96 @ 12:59, vous ecrivites/you wrote:

> Every once in a while you recommend people to get checked for a PFO.
> How does one go about that? All I've heard about it is that it's an
> expensive procedure, and not without risk. Is that true?

Well, I've HEARD (was it here?) that it involves injecting some gas
in the heart, and watching where the bubbles go using a scanner or
some kind of analogous X-ray contraption.

I guess that I'll pass this one, and will continue to ascend ever so
sloooowly...

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