Recurrent Stroke in a Young Woman with a Single Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unusual Association

INTRODUCTION: Cryptogenic stroke is present in about 40% of ischemic stroke patients. Extracardiac shunt related to pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) could be a rare potential risk factor for embolic stroke. Most PAVFs are multiple, congenital, and associated with hereditary conditions. On the...

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Autores principales: Sousa, Sandra, Vasco Costa, Nuno, Carmona, Cátia, Coimbra, Élia, Pita, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29422852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484682

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