Simultaneous myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke secondary to paradoxical emboli through a patent foramen ovale

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-392

  Grogono, Joanna ^a   Fitzsimmons, Samantha J ^b   Shah, Benoy N ^c   Rakhit, Dhrubo J ^b   Gray, Huon H ^b  

^a MILTON KEYNES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARM NUMBNESS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LACUNAR STROKE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PARESTHESIA; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THORAX PAIN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84865478401     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-4-391     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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