Epidemiology of myocardial infarction caused by presumed paradoxical embolism via a patent foramen ovale

FX Kleber, T Hauschild, A Schulz, A Winkelmann… - Circulation …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Despite several negative prospective randomized trials on the efficacy of
patent foramen ovale (PFO) occlusion, the discussion on indications is ongoing. Because …

Wide-ranging clinical spectrum of paradoxical embolism

O Jolobe - Postgraduate medical journal, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this review is to raise the index of suspicion for paradoxical embolism among
generalists. The review is based solely on anecdotal reports compiled from EMBASE …

Paradoxical embolism as a cause of renal and/or splenic infarction

OMP Jolobe - QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In a review of 30 cases (including 29 from the literature) published in 1968 by Loscalzo, the
sites of right to left shunting involved in PDE comprised patent foramen ovale (PFO), atrial …