The diagnosis and treatment of paradoxical embolism: a systematic review [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2016 One in five adults has patent foramen ovale (PFO), which is typically without symptoms. Because of the low pressure in both atria and the anatomical position of the septum secundum, there is no left-to-right shunting and little right-to-left shunting in ...
Atooshe Rohani
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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.
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Paradoxical Cerebral Fat Embolism in Revision Hip Surgery [PDF]
Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2014 The incidence of clinical fat embolism syndrome (FES) is low (
Nicolás S. Piuzzi +4 more
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Multidisciplinary Management for Concomitant High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism and Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke From Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesConcurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) and acute ischemic stroke are uncommon but associated with high morbidity. Paradoxical embolism occurs when thrombi cross right-to-left cardiac/pulmonary shunts such as a patent foramen ovale.
Phuong-Uyen Vo +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 +3 more
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Paradoxical coronary artery embolism - A rare cause of myocardial infarction [PDF]
Heart Views, 2014 Paradoxical coronary artery embolism is a rare, but often an underdiagnosed cause of acute myocardial infarction. It should be considered in patient who presents with chest pain and otherwise having a low risk profile for atherosclerosis coronary artery ...
Fayaz A Hakim +3 more
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Pediatric acute paradoxical cerebral embolism with pulmonary embolism caused by extremely small patent foramen ovale [PDF]
Open Medicine, 2018 Herein, we report a pediatric case of acute paradoxical cerebral embolism complicated by serious acute pulmonary embolism that was caused by an extremely small patent foramen ovale (PFO). The patient had no medical history suggestive of any other reason.
Yamaguchi Junko +4 more
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Paradoxical embolism following thromboaspiration of an arteriovenous fistula thrombosis: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010 Introduction Paradoxical embolism is an increasingly reported cause of arterial embolism. Several embolic sources have been described, but thrombosis of an arteriovenous fistula as a paradoxical emboligenic source has not, to the best of our knowledge ...
Amara Brahim +7 more
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Concomitant fat embolism syndrome and pulmonary embolism in a patient with patent foramen ovale [PDF]
, 2020 We present a rare case of a patient with concurrent fat embolism and pulmonary embolism, in a closed femur fracture with patent foramen ovale (PFO). A 24-year-old man was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a closed left midshaft femur fracture. He
Yeak, Raymond Dieu Kiat +3 more
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Acute Leriche Syndrome due to Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
, 2007 Paradoxical embolism, describing the passage of venous or right-sided cardiac thrombus into the arterial or systemic circulation through patent foramen ovale, is an uncommon cause of acute arterial occlusion.
Piffeteau, T., Gouëffic, Y., Patra, P.
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