Pulmonary vein thrombosis and peripheral embolization.
A 78-year-old-woman was admitted to the hospital with bilateral femoral arterial occlusion. Her medical history disclosed atrial fibrillation and a left thoracoplasty performed 50 years earlier for treatment of tuberculosis. A transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated intraluminal thrombus in a left pulmonary vein. The patient recovered after thromboembolectomy. This case documents another uncommon cause of cardiac thromboembolism in which a transesophageal echocardiogram was essential to make the diagnosis.
Garcia
M J
MJ
Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Department of Cardiology, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
Rodriguez
L
L
Vandervoort
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P
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*