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High Eosinophil Rates in Patients With Right-to-Left Shunts: An Expected Role, or an Unexpected Risk?

Background and objective Eosinophils are associated with thromboembolic events. Since eosinophils are eliminated in the pulmonary vasculature, right-to-left shunt (RLS) through patent foramen ovale may increase eosinophils in the peripheral blood. In this report, we evaluated the eosinophils of pati...

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Autores principales: Karakus, Alper, Okutucu, Sercan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7885739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33643730
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12849