This report describes a 64-year-old man with a large cerebral infarction during sauna
bathing. He had no typical cerebrovascular risk factors. Transesophageal echocardiography
revealed a patent foramen ovale of 5-mm diameter. In this patient a causal relationship
between stroke and sauna bathing is considered and described by the term “sauna stroke
syndrome.”
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
January 26,
2005
Received:
January 3,
2005
Identification
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2005.01.006
Copyright
© 2005 National Stroke Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
