[Atrial thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen oval. Report of one case].
We report a 63 year-old female with a pulmonary embolism in whom echocardiography revealed the presence of right heart thrombus. A section of this thrombus was entrapped in a patent foramen oval and floating in both atria. This rare situation, named impending paradoxical embolism, prompted us to perform a surgical intervention, removing the thrombus and repairing the foramen ovale.
Cairoli
Ernesto
E
Departamento de Medicina, Clínica Médica C, Prof. Dra. A. Belloso, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Codina
Carlos
C
Cura
Leandro
L
Pino
Andrea
A
Alonso
Juan
J