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Case Reports
. 2003 Mar-Apr;18(2):167-9.
doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02005.x.

Impending paradoxical embolism after coronary artery bypass grafting successful surgical treatment

Vittorio Mantovani  1 , Mehran Faeli, Alberto Limido, Sandro Ferrarese, Andrea Sala
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Impending paradoxical embolism after coronary artery bypass grafting successful surgical treatment

Vittorio Mantovani et al. J Card Surg. 2003 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

We describe a case of impending paradoxical embolism of a 22 cm long thromboembolus, straddling over a patent foramen ovale, detected by transthoracic and transesophageal echo 11 days after a coronary artery bypass operation. The patient underwent successful emergency removal of the clot and closure of the patent foramen ovale. A vena cava filter was placed because of new thrombi detected in deep veins of the legs.

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