Traversing boundaries: thrombus in transit with paradoxical embolism

• Main Authors: Varun Miriyala (Author), Muhammad Umer Awan (Author), Kirmanj Faraj (Author), Bipinpreet Nagra (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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A 72-year-old male is diagnosed with paradoxical embolus after he presented with concurrent deep vein thrombosis, stroke, and multiple arterial emboli in the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Paradoxical embolus requires the passage of a thrombus from the venous into the arterial circulation...