Diagnostic Yield of Pelvic Magnetic Resonance Venography in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke and Patent Foramen Ovale
Author(s) -
Ava L. Liberman,
Vistasp Daruwalla,
Jeremy D. Collins,
Matthew B. Maas,
Marcos P. Ferreira Botelho,
Jad Bou Ayache,
James E. Carr,
Ilana Ruff,
Richard A. Bernstein,
M. J. Alberts,
Shyam Prabhakaran
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.114.005539
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , venography , foramen ovale (heart) , radiology , paradoxical embolism , venous thrombosis , surgery , thrombosis , percutaneous , mechanical engineering , engineering
Paradoxical embolization is frequently posited as a mechanism of ischemic stroke in patients with patent foramen ovale. Several studies have suggested that the deep lower extremity and pelvic veins might be an embolic source in cryptogenic stroke (CS) patients with patent foramen ovale.
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