Cerebral emboli and paradoxical embolisa
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Nitin Purandare; Sarah Welsh; Susanne Hutchinson; Graham Riding; Alistair Burns;
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background The causes of the common dementias remain unknown. Paradoxical embolisation of the cerebral circulation by venous thrombi passing through venous to arterial shunts (v-aCS) in the heart or pulmonary circulation is known to occur in cryptogenic stroke and post-operative confusion following