Impending Paradoxical Embolism Traversing Three Cardiac Chambers Presenting With Stroke and Pulmonary Embolism

Impending paradoxical embolism.

To the Editor: The echocardiogram on the cover of the June 1, 1999, issue of Circulation is a beautiful illustration of an impending paradoxical embolism. Unfortunately, neither the text1 nor the key words of the article made any mention of this condition. Impending paradoxical embolism2 is a surgical emergency. This diagnosis would not have been possible before the advent of echocardiography. ...

Impending paradoxical embolism.

Japanese general population. Atherosclerosis 2006;184:143–150. 31. Bots ML, Elwood PC, Nikitin Y, Salonen JT, Freire dC, Inzitari D, Sivenius J, Benetou V, Tuomilehto J, Koudstaal PJ, Grobbee DE. Total and HDL cholesterol and risk of stroke. EUROSTROKE: a collaborative study among research centres in Europe. J Epidemiol Comm Health 2002; 56(Suppl. 1):i19–i24. 32. Kurth T, Everett BM, Buring JE,...

[Impending paradoxical embolism].

The case history of a 49-year-old female patient is reported, who was operated on because of varicose vein in the left lower extremity. A few days after the operation serious signs of cerebrovascular insult appeared. The clinical picture and the result of an urgent transoesophageal echocardiography are described; a serpentine thrombus was found to be trapped in the patent foramen ovale. During ...

Pulmonary embolism complicated by impending paradoxical embolism - a case report and a review of literature.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common CV emergency that may lead to acute life-threatening right ventricular failure. Right-sided heart thrombi are relatively rare (4-18% of patients presenting with acute PE). The presence of right heart thrombi, particularly when mobile, is associated with a significantly increased risk of mortality. Thrombus straddling the patent foramen ovale (TSFO) in PE is e...

Simultaneous massive pulmonary embolism and impending paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale.