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Paradoxical emboli through the patent foramen ovale as the suspected cause of myocardial and renal infarction in a 48‐year‐old woman
Author(s) -
Garachemani Ali,
Eshtehardi Parham,
Meier Bernhard
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.21214
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , paradoxical embolism , myocardial infarction , cardiology , percutaneous , coronary arteries , infarction , foramen ovale (heart) , surgery , artery
We review the case of a 48‐year‐old woman who underwent elective percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure following successive renal and myocardial infarction with normal renal and coronary arteries, probably as a consequence of paradoxical emboli. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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