Images in clinical medicine. Paradoxical embolism--thrombus in a patent foramen ovale

N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 29;357(22):2285. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm066931.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnostic imaging*
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / etiology
  • Female
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging