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, cilt.9, sa.11, ss.1166-1168, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2459/jcm.0b013e328311eed8
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1166-1168
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: impending paradoxical embolism, patent foramen ovale, right atrial thrombus, PATENT FORAMEN OVALE, RIGHT HEART THROMBI, PULMONARY-EMBOLISM, DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.