Intracardiac thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale

L C Maroto; L Molina; Y Carrascal; J J Rufilanchas

doi:10.1016/s1010-7940(97)00106-1

Intracardiac thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1997 Nov;12(5):807-10. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(97)00106-1.

Authors

L C Maroto¹, L Molina, Y Carrascal, J J Rufilanchas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 9458157
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(97)00106-1

Abstract

We describe a case of impending paradoxical embolism due to a thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale in a 22-year-old woman. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography detected the thrombus. She was operated on and discharged asymptomatic.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolism, Paradoxical / pathology
Female
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / pathology*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology*
Humans
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / pathology*