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Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale PFO: An Intervention Sequence
Published on: December 23, 2022
A case of unprovoked, precarious, patent foramen ovale protuberance
H Z R McConkey1, M Ghosh-Dastidar2, S R Redwood2
1The King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, The Rayne Institute, London, UK hannah.mcconkey@kcl.ac.uk.
Abstract:
This is a case of a precarious thrombotic mass straddling a patent foramen ovale which had already embolised to the pulmonary circulation. The diagnosis was initially deceptive and management challenging.
Learning Points:
Echocardiography is mandated and can change management in haemodynamically unstable patients with pulmonary emboli.Pulmonary embolism can be life-threatening.The authors propose that urgent cardiac surgery is the safest treatment in the setting of highly mobile, large volume, intra-cardiac thrombus.
