Removal of a left atrial thrombus adherent to a patent foramen ovale occluder

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Apr;83(4):1539-41. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.013.

Abstract

A 62-year-old man presented with bilateral thromboembolic occlusion of the lower leg arteries 8 months after closure of a patent foramen ovale with an Amplatzer patent-foramen-ovale occluder (AGA Medical Corporation, Plymouth, MN). Then he developed an acute myocardial ischemia. A left heart catheter revealed thromboembolic occlusion of the right coronary artery, and echocardiography demonstrated a thrombus attached to the device within the left atrium. Cerebral computer tomography showed a new ischemic lesion. In an emergency procedure, the device and the left atrial thrombus were removed, the septal defect was closed, and a coronary artery bypass grafting was performed. The patient was discharged from the hospital in stable condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Balloon Occlusion / adverse effects*
  • Balloon Occlusion / instrumentation
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Thrombosis / etiology
  • Coronary Thrombosis / surgery*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Thrombectomy / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology*

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents