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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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Surgery Case Reports, 2023 Background Laparoscopic surgery has reduced surgical morbidity and postoperative duration of hospital stay. Gas embolism is commonly known as a risk factor for all laparoscopic procedures.
K. Shimizu +5 more
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Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism and Impending Paradoxical Embolism After COVID-19 Vaccination
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2023 Impending paradoxical embolism is a rare event and occurs when an embolus straddles a patent foramen ovale. We report a patient who presented with bilateral pulmonary emboli and a highly mobile thrombus in transit across a patent foramen ovale following ...
S. Grant, A. Macnab, Ioannis Dimarakis
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Stroke and Respiratory Failure: Mind the Shunt!
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021 When stroke patients present with respiratory failure, the first thought that clinicians have is that it is probably related to aspiration pneumonia. However, other causes should be considered, such as intracardiac or intrapulmonary shunts, that could ...
Diana Mano +3 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021 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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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2021 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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대한영상의학회지, 2021 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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Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2021 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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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021 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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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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