Thrombus entrapped in patent foramen ovale: a rare form of thrombus in transit

In rare cases, thrombus in transit can be entrapped in a patent foramen ovale (PFO). A patient with this condition is at high risk of embolic stroke and death. Early diagnosis and treatment is essential to help prevent stroke and death in these cases. There is no universal management guideline for t...

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Autores principales: Bakhshi, Hooman, Meyghani, Zahra, Shakir, Zaid, Chen, Alexander, Kershner, Dawn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26333859
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28170
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author Bakhshi, Hooman
Meyghani, Zahra
Shakir, Zaid
Chen, Alexander
Kershner, Dawn
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description In rare cases, thrombus in transit can be entrapped in a patent foramen ovale (PFO). A patient with this condition is at high risk of embolic stroke and death. Early diagnosis and treatment is essential to help prevent stroke and death in these cases. There is no universal management guideline for this rare condition. The decision between medical versus surgical treatment should be made individually for each patient. We present a case of thrombus in transit entrapped in a PFO that was treated medically by lifelong anticoagulation.
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spelling pubmed-45582832015-09-29 Thrombus entrapped in patent foramen ovale: a rare form of thrombus in transit Bakhshi, Hooman Meyghani, Zahra Shakir, Zaid Chen, Alexander Kershner, Dawn J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Radiology Images In rare cases, thrombus in transit can be entrapped in a patent foramen ovale (PFO). A patient with this condition is at high risk of embolic stroke and death. Early diagnosis and treatment is essential to help prevent stroke and death in these cases. There is no universal management guideline for this rare condition. The decision between medical versus surgical treatment should be made individually for each patient. We present a case of thrombus in transit entrapped in a PFO that was treated medically by lifelong anticoagulation. Co-Action Publishing 2015-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4558283/ /pubmed/26333859 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28170 Text en © 2015 Hooman Bakhshi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26333859
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.28170
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