Uncommon cause of intracardiac thrombus.
We present a rare image documenting direct transit of a thrombus originating from the venous circulation and passing through a patent foramen ovale linked to a malpositioned cannula in the setting of temporary mechanical circulatory assistance in a young patient who underwent a peripheral extra corporeal membrane oxygenation as a circulatory support.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris, La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, France nadia.bouabdallaoui@gmail.com.
Nadia
N
Bouabdallaoui
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris, La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, France.
Marwan
M
Nader
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris, La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, France.
Pascal
P
Leprince
D004452:Echocardiography; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
Intracardiac thrombus; extra corporeal membrane oxygenation; patent foramen ovale