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Successful surgical treatment of impending paradoxical embolism with pulmonary embolism and myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Paradoxical embolism is a rare cause of acute arterial occlusion. This phenomenon arises when embolic material travels from the venous system crosses an abnormal shunt such as patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defects, ventricular septal ...
Yong Liu, Zhiyun Yang, Xinxin Sun, Mei Yang, Tao Zhang, Ruilin Li, Ying Wei, Hao Cao   +7 more
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Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Paradoxical Embolism

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Patent foramen ovale is a risk factor for systemic embolic events such as cryptogenic stroke. Far less commonly, patent foramen ovale is associated with non-cerebral systemic embolic events.
Abdullah R Alenezi, Muath Alanbaei, Islam Abouelenein   +2 more
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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, Laichun, Song, Hongping, Yang, Juan, Xia, Chunxia, Wu, Yafeng, He   +5 more
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Paradoxical carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopic surgery without intracardiac right-to-left shunt: two case reports and a brief review of the literature

Journal of International Medical Research, 2020
We herein report two cases of paradoxical carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) embolism during laparoscopic nephrectomy and hepatic left lateral lobectomy without evidence of a right-to-left shunt or obvious rupture of blood vessels.
Wenting Hou, Jing Zhong, Bo Pan, Jiapeng Huang, Biyu Wang, Zhirong Sun, Changhong Miao   +6 more
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Impending Paradoxical Embolism

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2020
To the Editor: The echocardiogram on the cover of the June 1, 1999, issue of Circulation is a beautiful illustration of an impending paradoxical embolism.
Heinisch PP, Stortecky S
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Paradoxical Embolism

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 ...
Stephan Windecker, , Bernhard Meier
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Middle cerebral artery occlusion due to paradoxical embolism diagnosed by pulmonary artery thrombosis in the absence of deep vein thrombosis: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
A definitive diagnosis of paradoxical embolism generally requires confirmation of an arterial embolic event, a right-to-left shunt, identification of a venous thrombus, and exclusion of other embolic sources.
Akinobu Ito, MD, Hiroyuki Ikeda, MD, PhD, Masakazu Okawa, MD, PhD, Taichi Ikedo, MD, PhD, Hideo Chihara, MD, PhD, Shigeki Takada, MD, PhD, Noritaka Sano, MD, PhD, Takayuki Kikuchi, MD, PhD, Chiaki Sakai, MD, PhD, Yoshiki Arakawa, MD, PhD   +9 more
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Paradoxical embolism: A case of thromboembolic stroke secondary to pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research
Paradoxical embolism refers to thromboemboli originating from the venous system or right heart that traverse an intracardiac or pulmonary shunt into the systemic circulation, causing end-organ embolization.
Yu Chen, He Yin, Bing-Bing Kong, Sheng Wu, Pengshu Zhang   +4 more
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Traversing boundaries: thrombus in transit with paradoxical embolism [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2016
A 72-year-old male is diagnosed with paradoxical embolus after he presented with concurrent deep vein thrombosis, stroke, and multiple arterial emboli in the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Paradoxical embolus requires the passage of a thrombus
Varun Miriyala, Muhammad Umer Awan, Kirmanj Faraj, Bipinpreet Nagra   +3 more
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Paradoxical Coronary Embolism as a Cause of Recurrent Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report [PDF]

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Paradoxical coronary embolism is a rare cause of myocardial infarction. Case Report: A 57-year-old man presented with acute chest pain after a recent non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, during which a patent foramen ovale was identified.
Dago Berckmans
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