Massive Pulmonary Embolism With a Large Thrombus Trapped in the Patent Foramen Ovale

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Oct;13(10):e010501. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.010501. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

Authors

Christina Tiller¹, Sebastian Johannes Reinstadler¹, Nikolaos Bonaros², Bernhard Metzler¹, Gert Klug¹

Affiliations

¹ University Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology and Angiology (C.T., S.J.R., B.M., G.K.), Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
² University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery (N.B.), Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.

PMID: 32972236
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.010501

No abstract available

Keywords: coronary artery disease; echocardiography, transesophageal; embolism; foramen ovale, patent; pulmonary artery.

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Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

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Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Endarterectomy
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
Pulmonary Embolism / surgery
Thrombosis / complications*
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Treatment Outcome