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Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Patent foramen ovale is a risk factor for systemic embolic events such as cryptogenic stroke. Far less commonly, patent foramen ovale is associated with non-cerebral systemic embolic events.
Abdullah R Alenezi, Muath Alanbaei, Islam Abouelenein   +2 more
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Middle cerebral artery occlusion due to paradoxical embolism diagnosed by pulmonary artery thrombosis in the absence of deep vein thrombosis: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
A definitive diagnosis of paradoxical embolism generally requires confirmation of an arterial embolic event, a right-to-left shunt, identification of a venous thrombus, and exclusion of other embolic sources.
Akinobu Ito, MD, Hiroyuki Ikeda, MD, PhD, Masakazu Okawa, MD, PhD, Taichi Ikedo, MD, PhD, Hideo Chihara, MD, PhD, Shigeki Takada, MD, PhD, Noritaka Sano, MD, PhD, Takayuki Kikuchi, MD, PhD, Chiaki Sakai, MD, PhD, Yoshiki Arakawa, MD, PhD   +9 more
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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, Gerardo Zanotti, Fernando M. Comba, Martin A. Buttaro, Francisco Piccaluga   +4 more
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Vacuum-Assisted Thrombo-Aspiration for Paradoxical Embolism in Left Renal Artery: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Vascular Specialist International
Paradoxical embolism through the foramen ovale is a rare and devastating event requiring urgent treatment. Herein, we present the case of a 23-year-old male who presented with a pulmonary embolism complicated by a left renal artery paradoxical embolism ...
Dimitrios Diamantopoulos-Kogkas, Pavlos Georgiou, Christos Pitros, Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou, Marios Papasotiriou, Nikolaos Karydis, Nikolaos Koutsoyiannis, Athina Mougiou, Konstantinos Katsanos, Spyros Papadoulas   +9 more
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Multidisciplinary Management for Concomitant High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism and Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke From Paradoxical Embolism

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Concurrent 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, Mark Rea, Justin Dunn, Aashish Anand, Madihah Hepburn   +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, Muhammad Umer Awan, Kirmanj Faraj, Bipinpreet Nagra   +3 more
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Paradoxical coronary artery embolism - A rare cause of myocardial infarction

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, Evan P Kransdorf, Muaz M Abudiab, John P Sweeney   +3 more
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Pediatric acute paradoxical cerebral embolism with pulmonary embolism caused by extremely small patent foramen ovale

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, Noda Akihiro, Utagawa Akira, Sakurai Atsushi, Kinoshita Kosaku   +4 more
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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, Patrícia Campos, Bruno Vale, Alexandre Pinto   +3 more
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CT Diagnosis of Paradoxical Embolism via a Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient with a Pulmonary Embolism and Prominent Eustachian Valve

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, Seung Min Yoo, Charles S White   +2 more
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