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Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, 2020 A 26-year-old patient with mirror-image dextrocardia and situs inversus experienced a transient ischemic attack. We suspected that a patent foramen ovale was the reason.
Xiaofei Jiang, Heng Zhang, Mingyang Qian
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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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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Entertainment is deeply rooted in education, from wise‐cracking teachers to health documentaries. In the context of anatomy, this already complex relationship is entwined with deeply significant ethical considerations, often related to the field's reliance on human tissue, yet it remains unexplored.
Lucas D. Wilmshurst +4 more
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Paradoxical Embolism due to Persistent Foramen Ovale; a Case Report
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2016 The mean percentage of cryptogenic strokes among ischemic strokes is 31%, of which one-third may be associated with patent foramen ovale. The foramen ovale is required for blood flow through the fetal atrial septum. It is formed as of the fourth week ...
Dormar David Barrios +4 more
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Engaging students and fostering interactions can be a challenge in large enrollment, foundational‐level, undergraduate anatomy classes. Despite the active learning environment of the anatomy laboratory, students often struggle to find study partners or even speak to fellow learners in a large classroom.
Kristin Stover +2 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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European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.The diagnosis of atrial cardiomyopathy (AtCM) requires electrical atrial dysfunction, with evidence of either mechanical atrial dysfunction, atrial enlargement, or excessive atrial fibrosis. The diagnostic cut‐points presented are for standard electrocardiogram and echocardiogram studies (see Figure 1 for further detail).
Jerremy Weerts +26 more
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Active paradoxical and pulmonary emboli in a first trimester pregnancy
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2022 Capturing a paradoxical embolism in real-time has been a challenge in recent literature. We present the unique case of a 33-year-old, G3P2 female at 8 weeks gestation presenting with dyspnea. An active thrombus through an undiagnosed patent foramen ovale
Nicholas Suraci +3 more
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Head &Neck, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Endoscopic surgical approaches for nasopharyngeal malignancies, including recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (rNPC) and nasopharyngeal salivary gland tumors (NSGT), have seen significant development over the last decades. Our groups have expanded the classification of nasopharyngeal endoscopic resections (NER) from type 1 to 3 to ...
Francesco Boaria +20 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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