This is considered to be the gold standard to prevent PFO and paradoxical embolism.
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The mechanism by which a PFO may play a role in stroke is called paradoxical embolism.
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PFO has long been studied because of its demonstrated role in some cases of paradoxical embolism.
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In 1880 Litten documented one of the earliest known cases of a paradoxical embolism in a patient undergoing anaesthesia.
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In paradoxical embolism, a deep vein thrombosis embolizes through an atrial or ventricular septal defect in the heart into the brain.
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A Paradoxical embolism would normally be consider a very serious or life-threatening condition, but the reason would be because it could easily cause a stroke, MI or that sort.
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