Paradoxical emboli through the patent foramen ovale as the suspected cause of myocardial and renal infarction in a 48-year-old woman.
We review the case of a 48-year-old woman who underwent elective percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure following successive renal and myocardial infarction with normal renal and coronary arteries, probably as a consequence of paradoxical emboli.
Garachemani
Ali
A
Sonnenhof Heart Center, Bern, Switzerland.
Eshtehardi
Parham
P
Meier
Bernhard
B
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed