Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke
Thrombus in transit leading to paradoxical systemic arterial embolism is a rare echocardiographic finding in patients presenting with embolic stroke. We present a case of a patient who had an atrial thrombus in transit discovered incidentally and later suffered a fatal stroke. Etiologies of cardioem...
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| description | Thrombus in transit leading to paradoxical systemic arterial embolism is a rare echocardiographic finding in patients presenting with embolic stroke. We present a case of a patient who had an atrial thrombus in transit discovered incidentally and later suffered a fatal stroke. Etiologies of cardioembolic stroke and the use of echocardiography in diagnosis and management are briefly discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e76eb31f4d7b4a3da050750646e8ce3b2025-08-20T02:21:09ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352017-01-01201710.1155/2017/31619723161972Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic StrokeBrian Malm0Paul Hermany1Alan Morrison2Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USASection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USAWarren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USAThrombus in transit leading to paradoxical systemic arterial embolism is a rare echocardiographic finding in patients presenting with embolic stroke. We present a case of a patient who had an atrial thrombus in transit discovered incidentally and later suffered a fatal stroke. Etiologies of cardioembolic stroke and the use of echocardiography in diagnosis and management are briefly discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3161972 |
| spellingShingle | Brian Malm Paul Hermany Alan Morrison Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke |
| title_full | Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke |
| title_fullStr | Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke |
| title_short | Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke |
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