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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2008
Case Reports[Atrial thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen oval. Report of one case].
- Ernesto Cairoli, Carlos Codina, Leandro Cura, Andrea Pino, and Juan Alonso.
- Departamento de Medicina, Clínica Médica C, Prof. Dra. A. Belloso, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Rev Med Chil. 2008 Jun 1; 136 (6): 753-6.
AbstractWe report a 63 year-old female with a pulmonary embolism in whom echocardiography revealed the presence of right heart thrombus. A section of this thrombus was entrapped in a patent foramen oval and floating in both atria. This rare situation, named impending paradoxical embolism, prompted us to perform a surgical intervention, removing the thrombus and repairing the foramen ovale.
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