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While there is a high prevalence of patent foramen ovale in adults, paradoxical embolism via a patent foramen ovale is rare. Previous echocardiographic studies indicated that paradoxical embolism might only occur in patients with high-risk features of ...
Min Ji Son +2 more
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Background Due to its low incidence and diverse manifestations, paradoxical embolism (PDE) is still under-reported and is not routinely considered in differential diagnoses.
Weiwei Chen +5 more
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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 +6 more
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Impending Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
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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A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a cause of paradoxical embolism. Although most patients with a PFO are asymptomatic, various clinical manifestations may be associated with PFO. The most important is a cryptogenic stroke.
K. Takemoto +2 more
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Paradoxical embolism to the central nervous system through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is considered one mechanism of ischaemic stroke. We present a case of stroke in a young woman with PFO trekking in the Himalayas.
M. Sawicka, Robert K. Szymczak
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A 52-year-old man who was diagnosed with Eisenmenger syndrome due to a muscular-type ventricular septal defect 30 years previously, visited our emergency room after experiencing six hours of severe left flank pain and vomiting. On laboratory examination,
Sehyun Jung +5 more
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Recurrent Episodes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Paradoxical Coronary Artery Embolism
Coronary artery embolism is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction, attributed to approximately 10% of all paradoxical embolisms. It is a condition that should be considered in patients who present with chest pain and have a low overall risk of ...
Mita Singh +3 more
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Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas: A 10-year single-center surgical experience and long-term echocardiographic follow-up study [PDF]
Aims. Limited contemporary data are available on the clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after surgery for cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF). The aim of this study was to review the clinical manifestations, pathological characteristics, surgical ...
Brát, Radim +3 more
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Paradoxical thromboembolism due to the presence of an patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rather rare phenomenon, especially when an embolism results in acute myocardial infarction (MI).
Yu. V. Larchikova +3 more
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