title: Trapped venous embolus in a patent foramen ovale causing recurrent paradoxical embolism.
abstract: The combination of deep venous thrombosis, patent foramen ovale and arterial emboli suggests the diagnosis of paradoxical embolism. In these cases, only very rarely, a causal relationship between the venous thrombus and the patent foramen can be established. An instructive case of trapped venous embolism within the foramen ovale is described proving a causal relationship between arterial embolism and its venous origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missault
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trouerbach
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Vanmeerhaeghe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Nooten
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Clement
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications*