European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on October 16, 2007
European Heart Journal 2008 29(5):648; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm436
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Pulmonary thromboembolism and temporary patent foramen ovalis: ischaemic stroke due to paradox embolism
Department of Cardiology, Santa Rita Clinical Institute, Via Catalani 4, 20131 Milan, Italy
* Corresponding author. Tel: +39 02 23933020, Fax: +39 02 23933087, Email: heart@casadicura-santarita.it, gianfrancoaprigliano@hotmail.com
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An 80-year-old woman was admitted to the orthopaedic department of our hospital for elective right hip prosthesis implantation after recent fracture of the right femore. The first day after surgery, the patient became symptomatic