title: Acute pulmonary embolism and a patent foramen ovale: analysis of atrial right-to-left shunting by biphasic transcardiopulmonary thermodilution curves.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. juergen.biermann@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biermann
authors.forename: Tilmann
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: Dawit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Assefa
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geibel
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: Hans-Jörg
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Busch
mesh_terms: 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