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Impending paradoxical embolism [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean 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
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

MRI of the lung (3/3)-current applications and future perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: MRI of the lung is recommended in a number of clinical indications. Having a non-radiation alternative is particularly attractive in children and young subjects, or pregnant women.
A Hebestreit   +96 more
core   +1 more source

Playing games with a thrombus: a dangerous match. Paradoxical embolism from a huge central venous cathether thrombus: a case report

open access: yesCardiovascular 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
doaj   +1 more source

Increased prevalence of potential right-to-left shunting in children with sickle cell anaemia and stroke [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Migraine and vascular disease biomarkers: A population-based case-control study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Complications After Treatment of Head and Neck Venous Malformations With Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate Foam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of this study was to evaluate complications in patients with head and neck venous malformations (VMs) treated with foam sclerotherapy using sodium tetradecyl sulfate (STS)
Bardazzi Alessandro   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Neurologic complications in percutaneous nephrolithotomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been the preferred procedure for the removal of large renal stones in Iran since 1990. Recently, we encountered a series of devastating neurologic complications during PCNL, including paraplegia and hemiplegia ...
Abedinzadeh, Mehdi.   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Doppler ultrasound assessment of minor atrial septal defects in patients with paradoxical embolism

open access: yesАнналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2021
Minor atrial septal defect (ASD) may be one of the pathways of paradoxical embolism in the brain. Few scientific papers have investigated the relationship between ASD (excluding patent foramen ovale) and the occurrence of ischemic stroke.
Alina R. Karshieva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patent foramen ovale and thromboembolic complications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The foramen ovale, an atrial septal defect which is essential in the fetal circulation, remains patent through adulthood in approximately 25% of the general population and so it represents the most common persistent abnormality of fetal origin.
Barbaro, G   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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