title: [Atrial thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen oval. Report of one case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Clínica Médica C, Prof. Dra. A. Belloso, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cairoli
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Codina
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cura
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pino
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alonso