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. 2016 Aug 18;19(1):4–15. doi: 10.1093/europace/euw141

Table 5.

Definition of systemic embolism3235

Systemic embolism Acute vascular insufficiency or occlusion of the extremities or any non-CNS organ associated with clinical, imaging, surgical/autopsy evidence of arterial occlusion in the absence of other likely mechanism (e.g. trauma, atherosclerosis, or instrumentation). When there is presence of prior peripheral artery disease, angiographic or surgical or autopsy evidence is required to show abrupt arterial occlusion.

CNS, central nervous system.