Multidisciplinary Management for Concomitant High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism and Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke From Paradoxical Embolism

Multidisciplinary Management for Concomitant High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism and Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke From Paradoxical Embolism

Concurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) and acute ischemic stroke are uncommon but associated with high morbidity. Paradoxical embolism occurs when thrombi cross right-to-left cardiac/pulmonary shunts such as a patent foramen ovale. Early anticoagulation for PE may lead to hemorrhagic transformation in l...

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Main Authors: Phuong-Uyen Vo, Mark Rea, Justin Dunn, Aashish Anand, Madihah Hepburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2025-05-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2024.0597
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