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Paradoxical Embolism After a Traffic Accident: A Rare Case of Thrombus Entrapped in a Patent Foramen Ovale

open access: yesİstanbul Medical Journal, 2021
Paradoxical embolism is the passage of a thrombus formed in the venous system through shunts in the lung or heart into the systemic circulation. The most common intracardiac shunt is a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Since the transition of a thrombus formed
Şerif Ahmet Kandemir   +3 more
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Loss of vision after transurethral resection of prostate: A case report

open access: yesUrology Case Reports, 2021
The overall complication rate of Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) is about 11.1%. Amongst all complications, ocular complications are one of the rarest.
Sepideh Emami   +4 more
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Surgical treatment of high-risk pulmonary embolism associated with paradoxical embolism, complicated by acute cerebrovascular accident

open access: yesВестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2023
The article presents a case of successful surgical treatment of pulmonary embolism in a patient with a high risk of early cardiac death on the background of paradoxical embolism complicated by acute cerebrovascular accident.
A. B. Gamzaev   +7 more
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Impending Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]

open access: yesCirculation, 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.
M, Egred, J C, Patel, S, Walton
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Transient Ischemic Attack, the Initial Presentation of Azygos to Pulmonary Vein Fistula

open access: yesJACC: Case Reports, 2023
There are different sources of cerebral emboli, including cardiac embolism, extracranial arterial embolism, paradoxical embolism, trauma, and iatrogenic embolism. In rare cases, atypical sources should be ruled out.
Iyad Farouji, MD   +5 more
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Paradoxical pulmonary embolism [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean 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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Case Report: Residual Atrial Shunt Lesions in Aging Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: An Underestimated Risk of Stroke?

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
We report two cases of paradoxical cerebral embolism in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) with residual atrial shunt lesions, a 59 year-old male patient with partial detachment of a surgical ASD closure patch, and a 57 year-old male patient ...
Matthias Schneider   +12 more
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What are the odds - Concurrent lower extremity venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, septal embolic myocardial infarction and patent foramen ovale

open access: yesIHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2019
Cerebral ischemic events are more commonly associated with PFOs than non-cerebral paradoxical systemic events, incidence of latter being only around 5–10% of all paradoxical embolisms.
Karomibal Mejia   +4 more
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Young patient`s secondary prevention in ischemic stroke with the percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale and postoperative repermeabilisation – case report [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Neurology, 2021
Introduction. Cryptogenic stroke represents 25% of all cases. Paradoxical embolism is a common case in people under 45 years old who have patent foramen ovale. Case presentation.
Teodor-Valentin Stanciu   +4 more
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Impending Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Internal Medicine, 1998
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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