Successful surgical treatment for a thrombus straddling a patent foramen ovale: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ryohei Yozu¹  Kentaro Yamabe¹  Mikihiko Kudo¹  Atsushi Nemoto¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

关键词: Pulmonary embolism;    Economy class syndrome;    Patent foramen ovale;    Paradoxical embolism;   

Others  :  824589
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8090-8-138

 received in 2012-11-05, accepted in 2013-05-27,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Paradoxical embolism (PDE) occurs after embolic material passes from the venous to the arterial circulation through a right-to-left shunt, which is frequently a patent foramen ovale (PFO). We describe the case of a patient with deep venous thrombosis and an intracardiac thrombus straddling a PFO and who was successfully treated with an emergency surgery.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Nemoto et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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