Saddle Pulmonary Embolus Caught in Transit across a Patent Foramen Ovale

Impending paradoxical embolism (IPE) also described in the literature as thrombus straddling a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or paradoxical embolus in transit is a rare condition when thrombus (originating mostly in deep veins of lower extremities) embolized to the heart gets caught in PFO or in atrial...

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Main Authors: Aram Barbaryan, Stefania Bailuc, Travis Abicht, Sergey Barsamyan, Yonatan Gizaw, Aibek E. Mirrakhimov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5747598