Publication detail

Embolus entrapped in patent foramen ovale: Impending paradoxical embolism

PODROUŽKOVÁ, H. HORVÁTH, V. HLINOMAZ, O. BEDÁŇ, J. BAMBUCH, M. NĚMEC, P. ORBAN, M.

Original Title

Embolus entrapped in patent foramen ovale: Impending paradoxical embolism

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

An impending paradoxical embolism is a rare finding, with fewer than 200 cases being documented so far. A 68-year-old woman, who presented with 3 weeks of increasing exertional dyspnea and exercise intolerance, underwent transesophageal echocardiography with a finding of an embolus in both right and left atria. At an emergent cardiac surgery, a worm-shaped, 5-cm-long thrombus was found in the right atrium, it was protruding to left atrium through the foramen ovale. The thrombus was removed intact, and the foramen ovale was closed. By our experience, an emergent cardiac surgery should always be considered as a treatment option for impending paradoxical embolism.

Keywords

Aged; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Diagnosis, Differential; Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; Echocardiography, Transesophageal; Embolism, Paradoxical; Female; Foramen Ovale, Patent; Humans; Thrombectomy; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Authors

PODROUŽKOVÁ, H.; HORVÁTH, V.; HLINOMAZ, O.; BEDÁŇ, J.; BAMBUCH, M.; NĚMEC, P.; ORBAN, M.

RIV year

2014

Released

1. 12. 2014

ISBN

0003-4975

Periodical

ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Year of study

98

Number

6

State

United States of America

Pages from

151

Pages to

152

Pages count

2

BibTex

@article{BUT114179,
  author="Helena {Podroužková} and Vladimír {Horváth} and Ota {Hlinomaz} and Jan {Bedáň} and Miroslav {Bambuch} and Petr {Němec} and Marek {Orban}",
  title="Embolus entrapped in patent foramen ovale: Impending paradoxical embolism",
  journal="ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY",
  year="2014",
  volume="98",
  number="6",
  pages="151--152",
  doi="10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.072",
  issn="0003-4975"
}