title: Paradoxical emboli through the patent foramen ovale as the suspected cause of myocardial and renal infarction in a 48-year-old woman.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sonnenhof Heart Center, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garachemani
authors.forename: Parham
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eshtehardi
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: 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