Giant thrombus entrapped by a patent foramen ovale in a patient with polycystic kidney disease

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is the most common genetic cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The most common cause of death in patients with this condition is cardiovascular disease, mainly due to hypertension and its consequences. We report a case of a 42-year-old male patient with polycystic...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Stéfani Mariani, Felipe Pereira Lima Marques, Lucas Simonetto Faganello, Luís Henrique Klafke, Douglas Dal Más Freitas, Solano Berger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2017-07-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/71216