Thrombus Entrapped in a Patent Foramen Ovale: A Potential Source of Pulmonary and Systemic Embolism

Kearney, L.; Srivastava, Piyush

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2008.12.003

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“…The evidence of a thrombus in a PFO has been documented [1]. In most cases no thrombus is detectable both at trans-esophageal echocardiography and at intracardiac echocardiographic evaluation in PFO patients.…”

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A myocardial infarction may disclose patent foramen ovale

Trabattoni

Zaro

Garducci

2012

Journal of Cardiology Cases

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We report a case of a 19-year-old man presenting with an acute myocardial infarction. Coronary arteries were free from atherosclerotic disease. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) was detected on contrast echocardiography with right-to-left shunting during Valsalva maneuver. No other embolic source was identified. We closed the patient's PFO with a 23-mm PFO occluder. No residual intracardiac shunt was found on contrast transthoracic echocardiography at 1-year follow-up and no recurrent paradoxical embolization occurred.

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