Stroke associated with pulmonary embolism after air travel.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Prolonged air travel is associated with an increased incidence of thromboembolic events. The occurrence of stroke was studied in patients with pulmonary embolism after air travel in a review of all flights arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris during an 8-year period. Thromboembolic stroke and patent foramen ovale were diagnosed in four patients with pulmonary embolus.
Medical subject headings
- Aerospace Medicine
- Embolism, Paradoxical
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Stroke
- Travel