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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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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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Impending Paradoxical Embolism Traversing Three Cardiac Chambers Presenting With Stroke and Pulmonary Embolism. [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 A straddling thrombus within a patent foramen ovale (PFO), also known as an impending paradoxical embolism, is an infrequent event that is rarely encountered in clinical practice.
Jena N +3 more
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Impending Paradoxical Embolism [PDF]
Circulation, 1995 The advent of echocardiography has led to the more frequent discovery of impending paradoxical embolism. Paradoxical embolism should be considered whenever there is an arterial embolism from an unidentified source in the presence of a concomitant venous thromboembolic phenomenon.
R R, Meacham +4 more
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Recurrent Episodes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Paradoxical Coronary Artery Embolism
Cardiogenetics, 2022 Coronary artery embolism is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction, attributed to approximately 10% of all paradoxical embolisms. It is a condition that should be considered in patients who present with chest pain and have a low overall risk of ...
Mita Singh +3 more
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Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas: A 10-year single-center surgical experience and long-term echocardiographic follow-up study [PDF]
, 2020 Aims. Limited contemporary data are available on the clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after surgery for cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF). The aim of this study was to review the clinical manifestations, pathological characteristics, surgical ...
Brát, Radim +3 more
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Stroke, 2020 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background and Purpose: In patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO), the Risk of Paradoxical Embolism (RoPE) Score has been proposed as a method to estimate a patient-specific “
D. Kent +10 more
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Simultaneous Multifocal Paradoxical Embolism in an Elderly Patient with Patent Foramen Ovale: A Case Report. [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 About one-third of ischemic strokes may be associated with a patent foramen ovale (PFO). This article presents an unusual case of a 68-year-old woman with simultaneous paradoxical thrombo-embolization to different systemic sites.
Lak HM, Ahmed T, Nair R, Maroo A.
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Атеротромбоз, 2020 Paradoxical thromboembolism due to the presence of an patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rather rare phenomenon, especially when an embolism results in acute myocardial infarction (MI).
Yu. V. Larchikova +3 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2007 Introduction Coexistence of pulmonary embolism and systemic arterial embolism suggest the diagnosis of paradoxical embolism which suggests the presence of intracardiac defects such as patent foramen ovale (PFO).
Guo Shan, Roberts Ingram, Missri Jose
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