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Paradoxical Embolic Stroke : Diagnosis and Management
Paradoxical embolization describes the passage of material, typically thrombus, from venous circulation into the systemic arterial circulation via a shunt. Presence of a right-to-left shunt is often the result of an atrial cardiac defect. In 1877, Dr. Julius Cohnheim, a…