title: Acute bilateral pulmonary embolism and complete occlusion of the left internal carotid artery caused by paradoxical embolus through a persistent foramen ovale in a 32-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Klinikum Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany. brigitte_gansera@web.de
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gansera
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gansera
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eichinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*