Witnessing a rare event - thrombus seeking its route in the right atrium: 'thrombus-in-transit'


Cakir C., Duygu H., Eren N. K., Akyildiz Z. I., Nazli C., Ergene O.

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, vol.9, no.11, pp.1166-1168, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 9 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.2459/jcm.0b013e328311eed8
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1166-1168
  • Keywords: impending paradoxical embolism, patent foramen ovale, right atrial thrombus, PATENT FORAMEN OVALE, RIGHT HEART THROMBI, PULMONARY-EMBOLISM, DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Pulmonary embolus and right atrial thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale is an unusual, rare condition. We report a case of impending paradoxical embolism with pulmonary embolism, in which a thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen ovale was detected. To our knowledge, this is the first case in the literature in which 'thrombus-in-transit' was detected in the right atrium both before and after entrapment in a patent foramen ovale. J Cardiovasc Med 9:1166-1168 (C) 2008 Italian Federation of Cardiology.