Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEE
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This is a case report of a 35 young man with Klinefelter Syndrome presented breathlessness, palpitations and chest pain. It shows a rare case of a thrombus located through the PFO, in patient with pulmonary and paradoxical embolism, which takes back to exciting h...
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| author | Reverberi Claudio De Iaco Giuseppe Serra Walter Gherli Tiziano |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>This is a case report of a 35 young man with Klinefelter Syndrome presented breathlessness, palpitations and chest pain. It shows a rare case of a thrombus located through the PFO, in patient with pulmonary and paradoxical embolism, which takes back to exciting hypothesis on thrombus growth. A thrombus, which has grown 'in situ' or trapped through the patent foramen ovale, may be a cause of relapsing pulmonary or systemic embolism during anticoagulation therapy.</p> <p>To prevent recurrent paradoxical embolism, percutaneous closure of PFO is recommended, but in this case, thrombus was trapped through the PFO and the patient was referred to the surgeon.</p> <p>We believe that under these circumstances the clinician should be informed of the presence of PFO in critical pulmonary embolism; this case points out the key role of TEE to face a diagnostic and therapeutic scenarios.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0869d098a5f4fc18bee4e5c8f5892dc2022-12-22T03:26:54ZengBMCCardiovascular Ultrasound1476-71202007-08-01512610.1186/1476-7120-5-26Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEEReverberi ClaudioDe Iaco GiuseppeSerra WalterGherli Tiziano<p>Abstract</p> <p>This is a case report of a 35 young man with Klinefelter Syndrome presented breathlessness, palpitations and chest pain. It shows a rare case of a thrombus located through the PFO, in patient with pulmonary and paradoxical embolism, which takes back to exciting hypothesis on thrombus growth. A thrombus, which has grown 'in situ' or trapped through the patent foramen ovale, may be a cause of relapsing pulmonary or systemic embolism during anticoagulation therapy.</p> <p>To prevent recurrent paradoxical embolism, percutaneous closure of PFO is recommended, but in this case, thrombus was trapped through the PFO and the patient was referred to the surgeon.</p> <p>We believe that under these circumstances the clinician should be informed of the presence of PFO in critical pulmonary embolism; this case points out the key role of TEE to face a diagnostic and therapeutic scenarios.</p>http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/5/1/26 |
| spellingShingle | Reverberi Claudio De Iaco Giuseppe Serra Walter Gherli Tiziano Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEE Cardiovascular Ultrasound |
| title | Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEE |
| title_full | Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEE |
| title_fullStr | Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEE |
| title_short | Pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis: the key role of TEE |
| title_sort | pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale thrombosis the key role of tee |
| url | http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/5/1/26 |
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