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Paradoxical pulmonary embolism [PDF]
European 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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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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Вестник 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]
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019 Impending paradoxical embolism (IPDE) is the presence of a thrombus in the patent foramen ovale. Usually, IPDE is diagnosed by echocardiography or a multislice computed tomography scan and is performed during the evaluation of a patient presenting with suspected pulmonary embolism.
Xiaojing, Ma +5 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]
Romanian 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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Frontiers 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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Impending paradoxical embolism [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2007 A 52-year-old woman presented at the emergency department with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (PE). Transthoracic echocardiography revealed right ventricular dysfunction and disclosed an echogenic serpentine mass in all four heart …
Peter, Verhamme +4 more
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IHJ 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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Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2010 Thromboembolism is a major cause of death in cancer patients. The association between paraneoplastic hypercoagulability of oncological patients and long-term central venous catheters (CVC) may result in CVC associated thrombosis.
Mariana Sylvie +11 more
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Migraine and vascular disease biomarkers: A population-based case-control study. [PDF]
, 2018 Background The underpinnings of the migraine-stroke association remain uncertain, but endothelial activation is a potential mechanism. We evaluated the association of migraine and vascular disease biomarkers in a community-based population.
Ferrari, Michel D. +9 more
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