title: [Impending paradoxical embolism visualized by echocardiography combined with pulmonary embolism: a case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamashina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*