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Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO): An Intervention Sequence
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Successful surgical treatment for a thrombus straddling a patent foramen ovale: a case report
Atsushi Nemoto1, Mikihiko Kudo, Kentaro Yamabe
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. nemoyan70@gmail.com
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
|June 1, 2013
Abstract:
Paradoxical embolism (PDE) occurs after embolic material passes from the venous to the arterial circulation through a right-to-left shunt, which is frequently a patent foramen ovale (PFO). We describe the case of a patient with deep venous thrombosis and an intracardiac thrombus straddling a PFO and who was successfully treated with an emergency surgery.

