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Paradoxical embolism describes the passage of a venous or right-sided cardiac thrombus into the arterial or systemic circulation.nComment: Paradoxical embolism occurs most commonly through an intracardiac defect at the atrial level, but can also be due to another type of right-to-left-shunt, as for example in pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Paradoxical embolism may lead to serious complications as ischemic stroke. [KMU:kknoflach, PMID:11700487, PMID:12130431]
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