Trombo auricular atrapado en el foramen oval: Complicación infrecuente en el tromboembolismo pulmonar

• Ernesto Cairoli ^[1] ; Carlos Codina ^[1] ; Leandro Cura ^[1] ; Andrea Pino ^[1] ; Juan Alonso ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de la República

     Universidad de la República

     Uruguay

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 136, Nº. 6, 2008, págs. 753-756
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Atrial thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen oval: Report of one case
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  • We report a 63 year-old female with a pulmonary embolism in whom echocardiography revealed the presence ofríght heart thrombus. A section ofthis thrombus was entrapped in a patent foramen oval and floating in both atria. This rare situation, named impending paradoxical embolism, prompted us to perform a surgical intervention, removing the thrombus andrepairing the foramen ovale