A Dangerous Dilemma: Thrombus in Transit During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is associated with venous thromboembolism. Occasionally, thrombus can become entrapped across a patent foramen ovale, with risk of systemic embolism. This report presents a case of a pregnant woman who had thrombus in transit diagnosed by echocardiography, which was successfully removed by...

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Autores principales: Nan, John, Tan, Nicholas, Schaff, Hartzell, Bell, Malcolm R., Pislaru, Sorin, Best, Patricia J.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.010
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author Nan, John
Tan, Nicholas
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Bell, Malcolm R.
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description Pregnancy is associated with venous thromboembolism. Occasionally, thrombus can become entrapped across a patent foramen ovale, with risk of systemic embolism. This report presents a case of a pregnant woman who had thrombus in transit diagnosed by echocardiography, which was successfully removed by surgical thrombectomy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-82885682021-07-26 A Dangerous Dilemma: Thrombus in Transit During Pregnancy Nan, John Tan, Nicholas Schaff, Hartzell Bell, Malcolm R. Pislaru, Sorin Best, Patricia J.M. JACC Case Rep Case Report Pregnancy is associated with venous thromboembolism. Occasionally, thrombus can become entrapped across a patent foramen ovale, with risk of systemic embolism. This report presents a case of a pregnant woman who had thrombus in transit diagnosed by echocardiography, which was successfully removed by surgical thrombectomy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2019-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8288568/ /pubmed/34316828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.010 Text en © 2019 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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