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Impending Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
Circulation, 1995 The advent of echocardiography has led to the more frequent discovery of impending paradoxical embolism. Paradoxical embolism should be considered whenever there is an arterial embolism from an unidentified source in the presence of a concomitant venous thromboembolic phenomenon.
R R, Meacham +4 more
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014 Paradoxical embolism is an important clinical entity among patients with venous thromboembolism in the presence of intracardiac or pulmonary shunts. The clinical presentation is diverse and potentially life-threatening. Although the serious nature and complications of paradoxical embolism are recognized, the disease entity is still rarely considered ...
Windecker, Stephan +2 more
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Paradoxical pulmonary embolism [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2010 A 79-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of progressive shortness of breath, anuria, and abdominal pain. Prior to admission, he had experienced increasing oedema, cyanosis, and bluish-mottled lower extremities. Laboratory data showed impaired renal function (creatinine 4.2 mg/mL) and 65% arterial oxygen saturation in
De Rango, P., Silvestri, V., Isernia, G.
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Impending Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
Circulation, 2001 A56-year-old man was admitted with shortness of breath and a painful and pulseless cold left leg. A successful surgical embolectomy from the left femoral artery was performed. A ventilation-perfusion lung scan was consistent with multiple pulmonary emboli. Two months previously, the patient had an anterolateral non–Q-wave myocardial infarction.
S. Walton, M. Egred, J. C. Patel
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Impending Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019 Impending paradoxical embolism (IPDE) is the presence of a thrombus in the patent foramen ovale. Usually, IPDE is diagnosed by echocardiography or a multislice computed tomography scan and is performed during the evaluation of a patient presenting with suspected pulmonary embolism.
Xiaojing Ma +5 more
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Impending paradoxical embolism
Journal of Cardiology Cases, 2021 An impending paradoxical embolism (IPDE) is seldom observed in clinical practice. We report a case of IPDE in a 67-year-old female with severe dyspnea and hypotension, which was detected and successfully treated with emergent cardiac surgery. The optimal treatment is still controversial.
Soichiro Henmi +5 more
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Impending paradoxical embolism [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2007 A 52-year-old woman presented at the emergency department with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (PE). Transthoracic echocardiography revealed right ventricular dysfunction and disclosed an echogenic serpentine mass in all four heart …
Marion Delcroix +4 more
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Paradoxical embolism in a preterm infant [PDF]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2004 Cerebral paradoxical embolism has not until now been described as a cause of cryptogenic stroke in newborn infants. A male infant was born at 27 weeks 2 days’gestational age by emergency Caesarean section in a twin pregnancy because of intrauterine growth retardation and absence of diastolic flow in the twin.
L. FILIPPI +6 more
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Contemporary Approach to Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
Circulation, 2014 A 63-year-old man with a history of systemic hypertension presented to the emergency department for evaluation of acute chest pain and shortness of breath that occurred while he was shoveling heavy snow. His heart rate was 114 bpm and blood pressure was 142/78 mm Hg.
Bradley A. Maron, Matthew Nayor
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The Paradox of Paradoxical Embolism and Recurrent Stroke
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2014 Ischemic stroke is a complex condition with multiple possible causes, but up to 30% to 40% of patients have no identifiable source despite a “thorough” evaluation; that is, the strokes are cryptogenic.
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