Citation

Price MD, Kanake P, Talmor D. Anesth. Analg. 2004; 98(4): 1121-3, table of contents.

Affiliation

Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, International Anesthesia Research Society, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15041610

Abstract

We present the case of a 57-yr-old patient who suffered an unexplained cerebrovascular event 3 days after being struck by a motor vehicle. Workup demonstrated a previously unknown patient foramen ovale. The etiologies of paradoxical embolism in trauma are discussed. IMPLICATIONS: Paradoxical embolism after multiple traumas is described. Delay in diagnosis may occur given the need for near continuous sedation in the patient with injuries undergoing multiple surgeries and diagnostic tests.

Language: en