Open AccessFluttering Thrombus in Patent Foramen Ovale With Paradoxical and Cerebral Embolism
Author(s) -
Luca Bonanni,
Francesco Serafini,
Michele Dalla Vestra,
Ada Cutolo,
Elisabetta Grolla,
Fabio Presotto
Publication year - 2014
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/circulationaha.113.008301
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , thrombus , embolism , cardiology , migraine
A 56-year-old man was admitted with progressive dyspnea that started suddenly the previous day. Physical examination was normal. Pulmonary embolism was diagnosed on a computed tomography scan of the chest, which showed intraluminal filling defects in both pulmonary arteries and in the branches for the right lower lobe; it also showed a clot in …
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