Trombo auricular atrapado en el foramen oval: Complicación infrecuente en el tromboembolismo pulmonar / Atrial thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen oval: Report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
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136(6): 753-756, jun. 2008. ilus
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
We report a 63 year-old female with a pulmonary embolism in whom echocardiography revealed the presence ofríght heart thrombus. A section ofthis 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 andrepairing the foramen ovale.
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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Thrombosis
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Embolism, Paradoxical
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Foramen Ovale, Patent
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Uruguay
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de la República/UY
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