Disaster Averted: Surgical Treatment of Paradoxical Embolus in Transit

A 46-year-old woman presented with a syncopal episode and was found to have a large thrombus traversing an atrial septal defect extending across the mitral valve. She was taken to the operating room for emergent thrombectomy. We present the case, imaging, and a review of published cases. (Level of D...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shea, Nicholas J., Singh, Sameer, Song, Jeremy, George, Isaac
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Imaging Vignette
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.018
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Sumario:A 46-year-old woman presented with a syncopal episode and was found to have a large thrombus traversing an atrial septal defect extending across the mitral valve. She was taken to the operating room for emergent thrombectomy. We present the case, imaging, and a review of published cases. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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