PMID- 18582845
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081203
LR  - 20091111
IS  - 0003-3928 (Print)
IS  - 0003-3928 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 4
DP  - 2008 Aug
TI  - Impending paradoxical embolism. When and how to treat?
PG  - 234-7
LID - 10.1016/j.ancard.2008.05.002 [doi]
AB  - Impending paradoxical embolism (IPDE) is the presence of an entrapped thrombus 
      through the patent foramen ovale (PFO). Usually IPDE are diagnosed by 
      echocardiography or thoracic CT-scan performed during the evaluation of patient 
      presenting with a suspicion of pulmonary embolism (PE). We report the case of a 
      73-year-old patient presenting with a very large IPDE successfully treated with 
      cardiac surgery and we focus our discussion on the treatment modalities of this 
      rare entity (anticoagulation alone, fibrinolytic regimens, cardiac surgery, 
      percutaneous thrombectomy) and on PFO management after IPDE.
FAU - Bonvini, R F
AU  - Bonvini RF
AD  - Angiology and Hemostasis Division, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. 
      robert.bonvini@hcuge.ch
FAU - Robert-Ebadi, H
AU  - Robert-Ebadi H
FAU - Fontana, P
AU  - Fontana P
FAU - Fassa, A
AU  - Fassa A
FAU - Myers, P
AU  - Myers P
FAU - Licker, M
AU  - Licker M
FAU - Boehlen, F
AU  - Boehlen F
FAU - Righini, M
AU  - Righini M
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080604
PL  - France
TA  - Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
JT  - Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie
JID - 0142167
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Embolism, Paradoxical/diagnosis/surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
EDAT- 2008/06/28 09:00
MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/28 09:00
PHST- 2007/12/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/05/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/06/28 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/28 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0003-3928(08)00057-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ancard.2008.05.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2008 Aug;57(4):234-7. doi: 
      10.1016/j.ancard.2008.05.002. Epub 2008 Jun 4.