UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 0211
Question:
a patient with deep venous thrombosis was complicated by cerebral and extremity emboli . On cardiography he was noted to have a patent foramen ovale. The combination of deep venous thrombosis, patent foramen ovale and arterial emboli suggests the phenomenon of

a) septic emboli
b) paradoxical emboli
c) fibrin emboli
d) bone fragment emboli
e) air emboli