A Case of Cryptogenic Stroke Associated with Patent Foramen Ovale Coexisting with Pulmonary Embolisms, Deep Vein Thromboses, and Renal Artery Infarctions

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A paradoxical embolism is defined as a systemic arterial embolism requiring the passage of a venous thrombus into the arterial circulato -ry system through a right-to-left shunt, and is commonly related to patent foramen ovale (PFO). However, coexisting pulmonary embo-lisms, deep vein thromboses (DVT), and multipe systemic arterial embolisms, associated with PFO, are rare. Here, we report a patient who had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke, associated with PFO, which is complicated with a massive pulmonary thromboembolism, DVT, and re-nal infarctions, and subsequently, the patient was treated using a thrombolytic therapy.

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