title: Intracardiac entrapped and pulmonary embolism developing during oral contraceptive therapy in a young woman.
abstract: We report a case of biatrial thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in a 39-year-old woman under oral contraceptive therapy who was admitted to our hospital with multiple pulmonary embolism without paradoxical embolism. We present this case because of the relatively unusual thromboembolic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey. bilgehanerkut@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erkut
authors.forename: Azman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ates
authors.forename: Sakir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arslan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal