Intracardiac thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale |
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Authors: | LC Maroto L Molina Y Carrascal JJ Rufilanchas |
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Affiliation: | Department of Cardiac Surgery, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain. |
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Abstract: | We describe a case of impending paradoxical embolism due to a thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale in a 22-year-old woman. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography detected the thrombus. She was operated on and discharged asymptomatic. |
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