Thromboembolus Crossing Patent Foramen Ovale: Appearance in Multislice Computed Tomography and Echocardiography
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Pulmonary embolism and thrombus-in-transit crossing a patent foramen ovale: comprehensive diagnosis using cardiac multislice computed tomography.
Figure 1: Images show multiple filling defects in the pulmonary arteries (A–H, arrowheads), consecutive enlargement of the right ventricle with flattening of the interventricular septum (D and F, asterisk) and marked dilatation of the left atrium with leftward bowing of the interatrial septum (F and H, curved arrow). Images also show a spherical thrombus in the right atrium (F–H, large arrow) a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1341-1098,2186-1005
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01771