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rLOAD: does sex mediate the effect of acute antiplatelet loading on stroke outcome. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundBiologic sex can influence response to pharmacologic therapy. The purpose of this proof-of-concept study was to evaluate the medicating effects of estrogen in the efficacy of acute antiplatelet loading therapy on stroke outcome in the rabbit ...
Compton, M Peggy, Eastwood, Jo-Ann, Gylys, Karen, Meyer, Dawn M, Zivin, Justin A   +4 more
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Multiple small hemorrhagic infarcts in cerebral air embolism: a case report

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Background Cerebral air embolism is a rare cause of cerebral infarction. In cerebral air embolism, T2 star-weighted imaging shows numerous spotty hypointense signals.
Masaya Togo, Taku Hoshi, Ryosuke Matsuoka, Yukihiro Imai, Nobuo Kohara   +4 more
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Case report: Cerebral artery air embolism during CT-guided lung nodule resection in hybrid theater

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
A middle-aged male received CT-guided lung nodule localization and segmentectomy for a 10-mm lesion in the right upper lung. He developed left side paralysis after surgery, which was proved to be cerebral artery air embolism caused by a CT-guided lung ...
Huajie Xing, Zhiqiang Wang, Yuequan Jiang   +2 more
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S-Nitrosoglutathione reduces asymptomatic embolization after carotid angioplasty [PDF]

, 2002
Background: The major complication of carotid angioplasty is embolic stroke, which may occur after balloon inflation and deflation or in the early postintervention period.
Clifton, A., Kaposzta, Z., Markus, H.S., Martin, J.F., Molloy, J.   +4 more
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A case of retrograde venous air embolism causing cerebral infarction following upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: A novel pathophysiological mechanism

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
The incidence of cerebral infarction following upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures is well described in the existing literature, with most mechanisms involving arterial travel of the embolus.
Hasaam H.U. Uldin, MBChB, BSc, Amr A.S. Shabana, MBBCh, MSc, PhD, Osama O.R. Raslan, MD, MBBCh, MSc   +2 more
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Computed Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Lung Biopsy Complicated by Symptomatic Systemic Air Embolism: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2021
Computed tomography-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy of the lung is an undoubtedly useful and well-established interventional radiological procedure for the diagnosis of indeterminate pulmonary lesions.
Giedrius Ledas, Donatas Jocius, Juozas Jarašūnas, Žymantas Jagelavičius   +3 more
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Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: A case report and literature review [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Cardiac tumors are uncommon in the pediatric population. When present, cardiac manifestations stem from the tumor causing inflow or outflow obstruction.
Anwar, Shafkat, Baszis, Kevin, Javidan, Cylen, Macias, Eduardo, Nieman, Elizabeth, Petrucci, Orlando, Yomogida, Kentaro   +6 more
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When in Trouble Think of the Bubble: Paradoxical Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism after Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021
Air embolism (a result of direct communication with the vasculature and an external pressure gradient from the gastrointestinal or the biliary tract), although rare, is a potentially devastating adverse event seen in endoscopic retrograde ...
Konstantinos Ekmektzoglou, Georgios Alexandrakis, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Panagiotis Tsibouris, Chrysostomos Kalantzis, Erasmia Vlachou, Periklis Apostolopoulos   +6 more
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Potentially fatal complications of systemic air embolism after computed tomography‐guided transthoracic needle biopsy in lung cancer harboring epithelial growth factor receptor mutation: A case report

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
Air embolism is a rare, fatal complication of computed tomography (CT)‐guided transthoracic needle biopsy (TTNB) of the lung. Here, we report a patient who developed an air embolism after CT‐guided TTNB, which led to ST‐elevation myocardial infarction ...
Hyung‐Joo Oh, Won Gi Jeong, Yongwhan Lim, Sang‐Joon Koh, Sung Min Lee, Min‐Seok Kim, Bo‐Gun Koh, Tae‐Ok Kim, Yoo‐Duk Choi, In‐Jae Oh, Young‐Chul Kim, Cheol‐Kyu Park   +11 more
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Intravascular pneumocephalus : a mimicker of skull base fractures [PDF]

, 2019
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Anisau, Aliaksandr, Vanhoenacker, Filip
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