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The Journal of Arthroplasty, ISSN: 0883-5403, Vol: 22, Issue: 3, Page: 477-479
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Fatal Cerebral Emboli in the Absence of a Cardiac Arterial-Venous Shunt: Case Report
Ammon, Jennifer Tucker; Khalily, Cyna; Lester, D KevinHip
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.
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