Acute pulmonary embolism and a patent foramen ovale: analysis of atrial right-to-left shunting by biphasic transcardiopulmonary thermodilution curves.
A 69-year-old woman with an acute pulmonary embolism developed an intracardiac right-to-left shunt, which was diagnosed early on and quantified via biphasic transcardiopulmonary thermodilution curves. With transesophageal echocardiography, a patent foramen ovale and an impressive atrial right-to-left shunt were visualized.
Biermann
Jürgen
J
Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. juergen.biermann@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Schwab
Tilmann
T
Assefa
Dawit
D
Geibel
Annette
A
Bode
Christoph
C
Busch
Hans-Jörg
HJ
D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013815:Thermodilution / Q000379:methods