Paradoxical embolism as a cause of myocardial infarction in a patient with pulmonary embolism: role of transesophageal echocardiography

Acta Cardiol. 2019 Dec;74(6):551-552. doi: 10.1080/00015385.2018.1544682. Epub 2019 Jan 16.

Authors

Georges Kikuni¹, Paul-Gaël Silance¹, Nadia Debbas¹, Philippe Unger¹

Affiliation

¹ Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Cardiology Department, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 30650030
DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2018.1544682

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
Coronary Angiography
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Electrocardiography
Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnostic imaging*
Embolism, Paradoxical / etiology
Female
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / etiology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / therapy
Stents