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Letters20 November 2001Diving, Patent Foramen Ovale, and Brain LesionsMarkus Schwerzmann, MD and Christian Seiler, MDMarkus Schwerzmann, MDUniversity Hospital; Bern BE 3010, Switzerland (Schwerzmann, Seiler)Search for more papers by this author and Christian Seiler, MDUniversity Hospital; Bern BE 3010, Switzerland (Schwerzmann, Seiler)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-135-10-200111200-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Martin is concerned about the validity of extending our conclusions to “most of the world's sport divers,” that is, recreational divers. We acknowledge that most of the divers we studied are technical divers in his eyes, and therefore the extrapolation of our results to other groups of divers can be questioned. Contrary to his explanation about technical diving, all of our divers used exclusively compressed air for breathing. With use of compressed air for diving, endogenous bubble formation can be observed after decompression from a steady-state exposure of only 135 kPa (corresponding to a depth of 3.5 ...
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