Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions
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Cardiovasc Revasc Med · Apr 2009
Case ReportsShut that door: a man with contemporaneous multisite paradoxical embolization.
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been recognized as mediator of paradoxical embolism. Concurrent multisite paradoxical embolization is a quite rarely reported occurrence. We present a case of multisite paradoxical embolism (pulmonary, cerebral, upper limb) mediated by a large right-to-left shunt mediated by a PFO with associated a redundant Eustachian valve, successfully treated with PFO transcatheter closure and vena cava filter placement.