Delayed bubble, coil and trouble: young stroke as a presentation of paradoxical embolism from previously unrecognised pulmonary arterio-venous malformation (PAVM)
Young stroke patients should be investigated thoroughly to look for cardiac and extra-cardiac sources of emboli. We present a patient who was investigated for a cardiac source of emboli following an ischemic stroke. She was found to have a small patent foramen ovale (PFO), but due to the late appear...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Echo Research and Practice |
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| Online Access: | https://erp.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/echo/7/3/ERP-20-0001.xml |
| Summary: | Young stroke patients should be investigated thoroughly to look for cardiac and extra-cardiac sources of emboli. We present a patient who was investigated for a cardiac source of emboli following an ischemic stroke. She was found to have a small patent foramen ovale (PFO), but due to the late appearances of bubbles on the bubble study it was thought that this was an incidental finding. Further investigation confirmed a PAVM was the source of emboli causing her stroke. |
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| ISSN: | 2055-0464 2055-0464 |