[Impending paradoxical embolism visualized by echocardiography combined with pulmonary embolism: a case report].
A 43-year-old man was admitted to our hospital complaining of dyspnea on exertion and dizziness. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mobile mass (3.5 x 1.0 cm) attached to the left atrial septum and transesophageal echocardiography showed the mass in the right atrium protruding through the patent foramen ovale into the left atrium. A mobile snake-like thrombus was apparent in the right atrium and right ventricle. The diagnosis was pulmonary embolism with impending paradoxical emboli.
Iwata
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University.
Takazawa
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K
Tanaka
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N
Tamura
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S
Kato
T
T
Ohkubo
T
T
Yoshida
M
M
Yamashina
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A
D000328:Adult; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*