Multiorgan paradoxical embolism consequent to acute pulmonary thromboembolism with patent foramen ovale: a case report

Paradoxical embolism is defined as a systemic arterial embolism requiring the passage of a venous thrombus into the arterial circulatory system through a right-to-left shunt. It is a relatively rare phenomenon, representing about 2% of all cases of arterial embolism. We report a case of a 79-years-o...

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Autores principales: Caretta, Giorgio, Robba, Debora, Bonadei, Ivano, Teli, Melissa, Fontanella, Benedetta, Vizzardi, Enrico, Farina, Davide, Raddino, Riccardo, Cas, Livio Dei
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918422
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8358

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918422
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8358

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