STROKE-EMBOLISM SOURCE

SUMMARY

1. Cardiac source: mural thrombus & platelet aggregates in AF

2. Atheromas in neck arteries (carotid bifurcation) or aortic arch

3. Rheumatic heart disease

4. Post-MI

5. Vegetations on heart valves: prosthetic heart valves, endocarditis

6. Post-cardiac surgery or catheterization

7. Fat embolus: long bone fractures

8. DVT assoc. with PFO with shunt

9. Air embolus: decompression sickness

10. Subclavian artery thrombus: embolizing to the vertebral artery

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