Fatal Cerebral Emboli in the Absence of a Cardiac Arterial-Venous Shunt

Abstract Cerebral embolism in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty has an incidence rate of 0.5%. In those cases where cerebral emboli were confirmed, a venous-to-arterial circulation shunt, most commonly a patent foramen ovale, was identified. We report a case of severe cerebral fat emboli...

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Published in:The Journal of arthroplasty 2007-04, Vol.22 (3), p.477-479
Main Authors: Ammon, Jennifer Tucker, MD, Khalily, Cyna, MD, Lester, D. Kevin, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
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arthroplasty
embolism
Orthopedics
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Summary:Abstract Cerebral embolism in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty has an incidence rate of 0.5%. In those cases where cerebral emboli were confirmed, a venous-to-arterial circulation shunt, most commonly a patent foramen ovale, was identified. We report a case of severe cerebral fat emboli during cementless total hip arthroplasty in the absence of an intracardiac defect.
ISSN:0883-5403
1532-8406
DOI:10.1016/j.arth.2006.03.005