PARADOXICAL SEPTIC EMBOLI FROM TRICUSPID VALVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN THE SETTING OF A PATENT FORAMEN OVALE

Autor: Jonathan Rapp, Joshua Nadolny
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:2417
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)33023-2
Popis: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a congenital cardiac anomaly that has been associated with cryptogenic strokes, and may provide a conduit for paradoxical emboli, including septic emboli from tricuspid valve endocarditis (TVIE), to travel from the right to the left atrium. A 35 year old female
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