A Case of Impending Paradoxical Embolus in a Patient with Acute Pulmonary Embolism.
- Author:
Eun Seok KIM
1
;
Su Hong KIM
;
Jin Wuk HUR
;
Dong Seung YOOK
;
Seong Man KIM
;
Tae Joon CHA
;
Seung Jae JOO
;
Jae Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Paradoxical embolism;
Patent foramen ovale;
Pulmonary embolism
- MeSH:
Aged;
Echocardiography;
Embolism*;
Embolism, Paradoxical;
Female;
Foramen Ovale, Patent;
Heart Atria;
Humans;
Pulmonary Embolism*;
Thrombosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
2002;10(1):101-105
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Paradoxical embolism refers to the embolic entry of a venous thrombus into the systemic circulation through a right-to-left shunt. Impending paradoxical embolism, in which a venous thrombus extends from the right atrium through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) into the left atrium, is usually diagnosed with echocardiography. The most common cause of paradoxical embolism through a PFO is the acute pulmonary embolism. We report a case of a 78-year-old woman with acute pulmonary embolism, complicated by impending paradoxical embolism.
