Increased prevalence of potential right-to-left shunting in children with sickle cell anaemia and stroke [PDF]
, 2017 'Paradoxical' embolization via intracardiac or intrapulmonary right-to-left shunts (RLS) is an established cause of stroke. Hypercoagulable states and increased right heart pressure, which both occur in sickle cell anaemia (SCA), predispose to ...
Dlamini, N +19 more
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Patent foramen ovale and migraine in ischemic stroke patients: incidence, pathogenetic interrelation and the effects of endovascular closure [PDF]
Клиническая практикаBACKGROUND: Migraine is a chronic neurovascular disease with high incidence rate and medical-social significance. Despite more than half a century of studying the disease, the pathogenesis of migraine is not yet completely clear.
Anastasia V. Belopasova +2 more
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Heart International, 2011 Platypnea orthodeoxia is a rare disorder characterised by dyspnea and arterial desaturation, exacerbated by the upright position and relieved when the subject is recumbent.
Gerian C. Groenefeld, Claudius Teupe
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The foramen spinosum: a landmark in middle fossa surgery [PDF]
, 2018 The foramen spinosum is an easily identifiable landmark in microsurgery of the middle cranial fossa, and knowledge of the variations in its relationship to the surrounding neurovascular structures is important when operating in this area.
Al-Mefty, Ossama +2 more
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Adult brain abscess associated with patent foramen ovale: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2007 Brain abscess results from local or metastatic septic spread to the brain. The primary infectious site is often undetected, more commonly so when it is distant.
Stathopoulos Georgios T +5 more
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Primary stroke in a woman with sickle cell anemia responsive to hydroxyurea therapy. [PDF]
, 2014 The most common cause of stroke in children with sickle cell anemia is infarction due to ischemia. In adults, however, stroke is most commonly hemorrhagic in nature. Other causes of stroke in patients with sickle cell disease are very rare. In this short
Ballas, Samir K. +2 more
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The oldest fossil record of bandicoots (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from the late Oligocene of Australia [PDF]
, 2013 Two new late Oligocene representatives of the marsupial order Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies) from the Etadunna Formation of South Australia are described here. Bulungu muirheadae sp.
Archer, M. +3 more
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Secondary stroke prevention: patent foramen ovale, aortic plaque, and carotid stenosis [PDF]
, 2017 Stroke is the most debilitating cardiovascular event. It has a variety of causes that may be present simultaneously. In young or otherwise healthy people, the search for a patent foramen ovale (PFO) has become standard.
Diener, Hans C. +3 more
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Transcatheter closure of Ventricular Septal defects in Malta : initial experience [PDF]
, 2005 Ventricular septal defects (VSD) consist of deficiencies of the wall separating the two ventricles. VSDs are the commonest congenital cardiac defects. Small VSDs rarely require intervention, however, larger defects cause ventricular volume overload with ...
Aquilina, Oscar +6 more
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Migraine and patent foramen ovale: exploring the association and a possible treatment option [PDF]
, 2008 Migraine is a very common type of headache. With a prevalence of 10-12%, migraine ranks 19th among diseases causing worldwide morbidity. Number of studies have shown a high prevalence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with migraine, especially ...
Hasan, Muhammed Yaser
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