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Paradoxical embolism interrupted
- Source :
- Heart, lungcirculation. 23(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- A 41 year-old African-American male presented with syncope preceded by shortness of breath at outside facility and transferred to us for management of extensive pulmonary embolism with unstable vital signs. Electrocardiogram showed sinus tachycardia with S1Q3T3 pattern. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a freely mobile strand like mass in the left atrium. A transoesophageal echocardiogram showed a very large freely mobile thrombus extending from a patent foramen ovale in to the left atrium. He underwent emergent surgery for the extraction of clot followed by thromboembolectomy from both pulmonary arteries. He made a remarkable recovery and was discharged after seven days of hospital stay.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Sinus tachycardia
medicine.medical_treatment
Embolectomy
Foramen Ovale, Patent
Syncope
Paradoxical embolism
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Thrombus
Thrombectomy
business.industry
medicine.disease
Pulmonary embolism
Surgery
Tachycardia, Sinus
Embolism
cardiovascular system
Patent foramen ovale
Cardiology
Transthoracic echocardiogram
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Pulmonary Embolism
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
circulatory and respiratory physiology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14442892
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Heart, lungcirculation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....90504cacdcbfbbee71d0870bd13da3c0