title: Successful surgical treatment for a thrombus straddling a patent foramen ovale: a case report.
abstract: Paradoxical embolism (PDE) occurs after embolic material passes from the venous to the arterial circulation through a right-to-left shunt, which is frequently a patent foramen ovale (PFO). We describe the case of a patient with deep venous thrombosis and an intracardiac thrombus straddling a PFO and who was successfully treated with an emergency surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. nemoyan70@gmail.com
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: Mikihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamabe
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yozu
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed