Paradoxical Embolism Leading to Myocardial Infarction
A high index of suspicion is required to diagnosis PFO-mediated paradoxical emboli. Isolated, distal culprit coronary lesions warrant work-up for nonatherosclerotic causes of myocardial infarction.
Authors
- Trevor McClure
- Amr Salama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5757-1654)
- Danial Saleem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2310-6062)
- Hussein Abu Daya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-2161)
- Christopher Ives
- Ryan Wong
Institutions
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.105330
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00