Open AccessLodging of an Embolus in a Patent Foramen Ovale
Author(s) -
FABIAN J. ROBINSON
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.2.2.304
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , embolus , pulmonary embolus , thrombosis , foramen ovale (heart) , foramen , surgery , cardiology , radiology , percutaneous
A 77 year old man developed severe chest pain and collapsed seven days after prostatectomy and died three days later. Necropsy revealed thrombosis of right femoral vein, complete embolic obstruction of the primary branches of the pulmonary artery, and an embolus, 10 cm. long and 0.5 cm. in diameter, lodged in the foramen ovale. Although no systemic arterial emboli were found, it can be readily seen how such emboli could have developed.
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