Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in solid organ cancer patients with embolic stroke – A case series
The prevalence of PFO among cancer patients with ESUS was 20%, and there was a high (45%) rate of co-occurring VTE. Given the high rates of asymptomatic detection of VTE identified based on screening ultrasounds, these results could support screening for VTE in this population.
Authors
- Aroosa Zamarud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4275-5597)
- Benjamin A. Teasdale
- Lironn Kraler
- Deborah M. Siegal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-3245)
- Parshva Shah
- Ronda Lun
- Dar Dowlatshahi
- Brian L Scott
- Gregory W Albers
- Maarten Lansberg
- Nirali Vora
Institutions
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2026.108597
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00