Iatrogenic Paradoxical Stroke in a Patient With Catheter-Associated Thrombosis and Systemic-to-Pulmonary Venous Shunt

Paradoxical embolism occurs when thrombotic material traverses a right-to-left shunt. We describe the first case of paradoxical stroke resulting from manipulation of a disused chemotherapy port. Contrast studies revealed that the mechanism was systemic-to-pulmonary venous shunt, in which systemic ve...

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Autores principales: Policastro, Lucas J., Koci, Kristaq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30480004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709618813175

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30480004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709618813175

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