title: Transit thrombus entrapped in patent foramen ovale resolved without clinical embolic events.
abstract: We describe a case of impending paradoxic embolism in a 35-year-old woman who had a diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma. The patient presented with acute pulmonary embolism and was treated with anticoagulation therapy without any sign of a clinical embolic event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Selcuk University Meram School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey. ilknur1973@superonline.com
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Bulent Behlul
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Altunkeser
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yavas
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duzenli
authors.forename: Kurtulus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants