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Echocardiographic diagnosis of a giant thrombus passing through a patent foramen ovale from right atrium to the left atrium

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Pulmonary embolus sourced by right atrial thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale is an unusual, rare condition. Thus in suspicion of massive pulmonary thromboembolus, echocardiographic examination carries great importance evaluate right ventricular functions and diagnose right sided intracardiac thrombus. We report a 76-year-old female with massive pulmonary embolism caused by a gigantic thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale. The echocardiography was the diagnostic procedure to display the source of the thromboembolism and urgent cardiac surgery was successful and life-saving treatment in this case.

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Conflict of Interest: The case report was presented in EUROECHO10, Prag, 2006, in the DICE session of Turkish Echocardiography Working Group.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Zehra Bugra, Dilek Hunerel, Yelda Tayyareci, Ozcan Ruzgar, Sabahattin Umman & Mehmet Meric

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Turkan Tansel

  3. Merzifon Devlet Hastanesi, Merzifon, Amasya, Turkey

    Yelda Tayyareci

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Bugra, Z., Hunerel, D., Tayyareci, Y. et al. Echocardiographic diagnosis of a giant thrombus passing through a patent foramen ovale from right atrium to the left atrium. J Thromb Thrombolysis 25, 297–299 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-007-0063-3

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