Acute cor pulmonale and repeated pulmonary embolism in a patient with a "worm-like" transit thrombus crossing a patent foramen ovale

J Card Surg. 2010 May;25(3):306. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01006.x. Epub 2010 Feb 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Thrombosis / pathology*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / pathology*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Atria / pathology*
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Embolism / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / surgery
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease / surgery
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome