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. 2018 Aug;15(8):551-553.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.08.001.

Patent foramen ovale in an old patient with ischemic stroke following carotid surgery

Elpidio Santillo  1 , Monica Migale  1 , Luciano Marini  1 , Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi  2
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Patent foramen ovale in an old patient with ischemic stroke following carotid surgery

Elpidio Santillo et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2018 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Carotid surgery; Ischemic stroke; Patent foramen ovale; The elderly.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Brain computed tomography (CT) at 48 hours after symptoms' exordium.
At thalamic level two hypodense images were detected bilaterally (arrows). Their extension was estimated to be 1.4 cm and 1.3 cm, respectively in left thalamus and in right thalamus.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Transthoracic echcocardiography with saline agitated contrast.
(A): Transthoracic 2-D echocardiography 4-chambers view at baseline; (B): Right atrium opacification during saline agitated infusion; (C): Appearance of few microbubbles (less than 20) in left atrium and left ventriculum within three heart beats after right atrium opacification, compatible with patent foramen ovale.
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