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Case Reports
. 1995 Jun;59(6):1559-61.
doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)00892-b.

Surgical treatment of impending paradoxical embolism through patent foramen ovale

F L Caes  1 , Y V Van Belleghem, L H Missault, K E Coenye, G J Van Nooten
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Case Reports

Surgical treatment of impending paradoxical embolism through patent foramen ovale

F L Caes et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

We describe the case of a patient with deep venous thrombosis who had cerebral and extremity paradoxical emboli and an intracardiac thrombus crossing a patent foramen ovale identified by echocardiography. He was treated successfully with immediate intracardiac embolectomy and closure of the patent foramen ovale.

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