Abstract
A 35-year-old man presented with acute aphasia and a left parietal infarction demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. He did not have an obvious etiology for stroke except for a patent foramen ovale detected by contrast echocardiography. A simultaneous transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination detected microbubbles in the middle cerebral artery. A deep venous thrombus was also detected. It is presumed that a paradoxical embolization occurred through a patent foramen ovale with target organ involvement demonstrated by the transcranial Doppler study. Transcranial Doppler may be used to detect paradoxical embolism in patients with acute stroke of undetermined cause.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 116-119 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Cerebrovascular Diseases |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1993 |
Keywords
- Cerebral embolism
- Cerebrovascular disorders
- Ultrasonics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Massaro, A. R., Hoffmann, M., Sacco, R. L., Di Tullio, M., Homma, S., & Mohr, J. P. (1993). Detection of paradoxical cerebral embolism using transcranial doppler in a patient with infarct of undetermined cause. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 3(2), 116-119. https://doi.org/10.1159/000108683