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- Berhane Worku, Iosif Gulkarov, Jeremy Steele, Bernard Kadosh, Nikolaos J Skubas, Leonard N Girardi, and Arash Salemi.
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, New York, New York. Electronic address: bmworku@hotmail.com.
- Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2014 Aug 1;98(2):717-9.
AbstractThrombus straddling a patent foramen ovale, namely, a paradoxical embolus in transit, is a rarely identified entity signifying impending arterial embolism. We report a series of 3 patients with preoperatively or intraoperatively identified paradoxical embolus in transit. All patients underwent surgical evacuation and had unremarkable postoperative courses with no episodes of arterial embolization. Surgical embolectomy should be considered early in the treatment of paradoxical embolus in transit.Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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