Lapostolle F, Borron S W, Surget V, Sordelet D, Lapandry C, Adnet F
SAMU 93, Hôpital Avicenne, UPRES 34-09, Université Paris XIII, Bobigny, France.
Neurology. 2003 Jun 24;60(12):1983-5. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000068025.97902.28.
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.