Life-threatening impending paradoxical embolus caught ''red-handed'': Successful management
by multidisciplinary team approach Page 1 reconstructed airway and PA should be avoided to …

Paradoxical embolism refers to a potential condition in which an embolus arising from a
venous source crosses into the systemic circulation through a right-to-left cardiac shunt …

Figure 1. An obese 46-year-old man came to the emergency room with the acute onset of
numbness and a cold feeling in both hands; he had had shortness of breath and chest pain …

A 26-year-old woman with a history of optic nerve atrophy of unknown origin was found
unresponsive in the bathroom leading to an emergency admission in the local district …

Paradoxical embolism is an uncommon but clinically important phenomenon. Elements of
diagnosis include the presence of:(1) a venous thrombus,(2) an arterial embolus,(3) a …

About one-third of ischemic strokes may be associated with a patent foramen ovale (PFO).
This article presents an unusual case of a 68-year-old woman with simultaneous …

Paradoxical embolism is an uncommon but increasingly reported cause of arterial embolic
events. Involvement of the kidney is rarely reported. Autopsy studies suggest, however, that …

A 55-year-old male presented to the emergency room after awakening with left facial droop,
leftsided weakness and garbled speech. Vitals were significant for hypotension (73/43 mm …

Paradoxical embolism is rarely diagnosed in life. We have recently seen two such patients
and have found only 23 other similar patients reported in the literature. We have reviewed …

In a 73-year-old woman admitted with pulmonary embolism, a thrombus wedged across a
patent foramen ovale was revealed by transesophageal echocardiography. After systemic …