Thrombus entrapped by patent foramen ovale in a patient with pulmonary embolism: a case report.
10.4097/kjae.2015.68.1.70
- Author:
Sang Beom NAM
1
;
Chan Mi KIM
;
Sung Ah CHO
;
Sungchan CHUNG
;
Yon Hee SHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. tren125@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Echocardiography;
Patent foramen ovale;
Pulmonary embolism
- MeSH:
Aged;
Cerebral Infarction;
Echocardiography;
Female;
Foramen Ovale, Patent*;
Heart;
Humans;
Mortality;
Pulmonary Embolism*;
Thrombosis*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2015;68(1):70-73
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Thrombus-in-transit appears to increase the risk of mortality compared to pulmonary embolism alone and can require alteration in therapeutic plan. We present the case of a biatrial thromboembolus caught in transit across a patent foramen ovale diagnosed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram in a 69-year-old female with acute pulmonary embolism and subsequent acute cerebral infarction. We suggest that echocardiography should be performed in a patient with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism to evaluate right heart function and diagnose emboli in transit.
