Unique case of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction related to paradoxical embolization and simultaneous pulmonary embolization: clinical considerations on indications for patent foramen ovale closure in no-guidelines land

Circulation. 2015 Mar 31;131(13):1214-23. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009846.
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Keywords: embolism, paradoxical; foramen ovale, patent; myocardial infarction; pulmonary embolism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Alcoholism / psychology
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / etiology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology*
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / etiology*
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / physiopathology
  • Eptifibatide
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / physiopathology
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery*
  • Heart Block / etiology
  • Heart Block / physiopathology
  • Hip Joint / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Peptides / therapeutic use
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology
  • Thrombectomy
  • Thrombophlebitis / complications
  • Thrombophlebitis / diagnosis
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Peptides
  • Eptifibatide