Cumulative Official WHO Updates to ICD 10 - 1996 - 2001

Any disease described or qualified as “embolic” may be assumed to be a direct consequence of venous thrombosis, phlebitis or thrombophlebitis, valvular heart disease, atrial fibrillation, childbirth or any operation. Also, thrombi that form in the left side of the heart could pass to the right side if a cardiac septal defect is present. ................
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