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There are many cardiac diseases responsible for cerebral ischemia, which is frequently the result of emboli in patients with cardiac dysrhythmia, myocardial infarction, atrial septal aneurysm, cardiac valves diseases, prosthetic valves, endocarditis of various origins, and congenital heart diseases (Figs. 18.1–18.3). Recently, paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale has become a frequent explanation for embolism (Lechat et al. 1988). Cardiac abnormalities responsible for embolization have been identified in systemic lupus erythematosus and in primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Another rare pathology is myxoma. This is a tumor that commonly originates in the left atrium in young to middle-aged patients.
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Bradac, G.B. (2011). Cardiac Diseases. In: Cerebral Angiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15678-6_18
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