Stroke associated with pulmonary embolism after air travel.
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.
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SAMU 93, Hôpital Avicenne, UPRES 34-09, Université Paris XIII, Bobigny, France. frederic.lapostolle@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr
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D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology; D014195:Travel