title: Impending paradoxical embolism: have we lost the clot?
abstract: Impending paradoxical embolism is a rare diagnosis that requires urgent treatment. We present a case where surgical thromboembolectomy was undertaken. The thrombus vanished from view on transesophageal ultrasound and was presumed to have undergone embolisation while bypass was established. Unexpectedly, it was found tangled in the superior vena cava cannula apertures.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Finn
authors: F
authors: Ghent
authors: Levi
authors: L
authors: Bassin
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Keller
authors: Gregory
authors: G
authors: Cranney
authors: David
authors: D
authors: McKenzie
authors: Peter W
authors: PW
authors: Grant
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
keywords: cardiopulmonary bypass; congenital heart disease; echocardiography; pulmonary embolism; thrombosis