title: A case of paradoxical air embolism in the coronary artery through a patent foramen ovale demonstrated by coronary CT angiography.
abstract: We present a case of paradoxical air embolism (PAE) in the distal right coronary artery identified by coronary CT angiography. The underlying cause of PAE in the distal right coronary artery was a patent foramen ovale because the typical CT findings of a patent foramen ovale (i.e., combination of findings of the presence of a slit-like contrast column in the interatrial septum and a contrast jet through the septum) were identified by coronary CT angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hwa Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods