PMID: 9418335Jan 7, 1998Paper

Blunt trauma causing emboli from friable atherosclerotic plaques

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S MosesY Shoenfeld

Abstract

We present a 55-year-old woman who developed a shower of emboli following a car accident. Such events may have medicolegal implications as well as preventive considerations.

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