Caught in the act: Serial, real time images of a thrombus traversing from the right to left atrium across a patent foramen ovale

Srihari Thanigaraj; Alan Zajarias; Ali Valika; John Lasala; Julio E. Pérez

doi:10.1016/j.euje.2005.05.004

Caught in the act: Serial, real time images of a thrombus traversing from the right to left atrium across a patent foramen ovale

Srihari Thanigaraj, Alan Zajarias, Ali Valika, John Lasala, Julio E. Pérez

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Abstract

Aims: To illustrate the association between a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and paradoxical embolization. Methods and results: We report a unique c ase of a paradoxical embolization across a PFO noted during a transesophageal echocardiographic study. Serial images demonstrate the thrombus migrating from the superior vena cava to the left atrium across the PFO. Conclusions: This case establishes the association between the PFO and paradoxical embolism unequivocally.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	179-181
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Journal of Echocardiography
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euje.2005.05.004
State	Published - Mar 1 2006

Keywords

Paradoxical embolism
Patent foramen ovale
Right to left shunt
Transesophageal echocardiography

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Caught in the act: Serial, real time images of a thrombus traversing from the right to left atrium across a patent foramen ovale

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