Acute paradoxical embolic cerebral ischemia secondary to possible May-Thurner syndrome and an atrial septal defect: a case report

INTRODUCTION: May-Thurner syndrome is an anatomic abnormality that predisposes patients to increased risk of paradoxical embolism and stroke. It consists of chronic compression of the left common iliac vein by the overlying right common iliac artery which may predispose to local thrombus formation,...

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Autores principales: Rison, Richard A, Helfgott, Matthew D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23822806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-172

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23822806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-172

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