Incidental Thrombus in Transit Causing Embolic Stroke
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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 cardioembolic stroke and the use of echocardiography in diagnosis and management are briefly discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1687-9627,1687-9635
DOI: 10.1155/2017/3161972