Paradoxical Embolism due to Persistent Foramen Ovale; a Case Report

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 of gestation, and this leads to right-left intera...

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Autores principales: Barrios, Dormar David, Roncancio, Jonathan, Avila, Albert Alejandro, Alvarado, Jaime Andrés, Montenegro, Ana Cristina
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Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28286853
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author Barrios, Dormar David
Roncancio, Jonathan
Avila, Albert Alejandro
Alvarado, Jaime Andrés
Montenegro, Ana Cristina
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Roncancio, Jonathan
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description 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 of gestation, and this leads to right-left interatrial shunt that allows the passage of oxygenated blood to systemic circulation. In 75% of cases, its closure is complete by 2 years of age, but it may persist in 25% of patients. We present the case of a patient with paradoxical embolism in the lower extremities and ischemic stroke in the clinical context of a patent foramen ovale.
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spelling pubmed-53259172017-03-10 Paradoxical Embolism due to Persistent Foramen Ovale; a Case Report Barrios, Dormar David Roncancio, Jonathan Avila, Albert Alejandro Alvarado, Jaime Andrés Montenegro, Ana Cristina Emerg (Tehran) Case Report 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 of gestation, and this leads to right-left interatrial shunt that allows the passage of oxygenated blood to systemic circulation. In 75% of cases, its closure is complete by 2 years of age, but it may persist in 25% of patients. We present the case of a patient with paradoxical embolism in the lower extremities and ischemic stroke in the clinical context of a patent foramen ovale. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2017 2017-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5325917/ /pubmed/28286853 Text en © Copyright (2017) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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