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[Inter-arm blood pressure difference does not always mean dissection].
- Source :
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Revue medicale de Bruxelles [Rev Med Brux] 2018; Vol. 39 (3), pp. 161-163. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 30. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- A man presents an atypical neurological disorder. The diagnosis of aortic dissection is evoked with anisotension, but it consists in a paradoxical embolism in the presence of a permeable foramen oval since he presents with a proximal pulmonary embolus and a thrombus in the humeral artery.
- Subjects :
- Aortic Dissection physiopathology
Arm blood supply
Arm physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Embolism, Paradoxical complications
Embolism, Paradoxical physiopathology
Foramen Ovale, Patent complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Embolism complications
Pulmonary Embolism diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism physiopathology
Thrombosis complications
Thrombosis diagnosis
Thrombosis physiopathology
Aortic Dissection diagnosis
Blood Pressure physiology
Embolism, Paradoxical diagnosis
Foramen Ovale, Patent diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 0035-3639
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revue medicale de Bruxelles
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29869476
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.30637/2018.17-030