J Cardiovasc Ultrasound.
2007 Mar;15(1):19-22.
Tentatively Diagnosed as Myxoma : Transit Thrombus Entrapped in Patent Foramen Ovale
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- 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dgpark@hallym.or.kr
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- This case report presents a thrombus traversing a patent foramen ovale- impending paradoxical embolism, in 85 years old woman. It was tentatively diagnosed as atrial myxoma but after a month of anticoagulation therapy, completely resolved. So we can make diagnosis of impending paradoxical embolism retrospectively.
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