title: Use of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation and surgical treatment of a patient with an aneurysmal interatrial septum and an intracardiac thrombus traversing a patent foramen ovale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, The University of AL at Birmingham, 1621 14th Ave. S, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. tburch333@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Burch
authors.forename: Mark F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Sara J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D054087:Atrial Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional