title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of a giant thrombus passing through a patent foramen ovale from right atrium to the left atrium.
abstract: Pulmonary embolus sourced by right atrial thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale is an unusual, rare condition. Thus in suspicion of massive pulmonary thromboembolus, echocardiographic examination carries great importance evaluate right ventricular functions and diagnose right sided intracardiac thrombus. We report a 76-year-old female with massive pulmonary embolism caused by a gigantic thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale. The echocardiography was the diagnostic procedure to display the source of the thromboembolism and urgent cardiac surgery was successful and life-saving treatment in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bugra
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hunerel
authors.forename: Yelda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tayyareci
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ruzgar
authors.forename: Sabahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Umman
authors.forename: Turkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tansel
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meric
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome