Impending paradoxical embolus: A case report and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1426-1432

  Chow, Benjamin J W ^a   Johnson, Christopher B ^a   Turek, Michele ^a   Burwash, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impending paradoxical embolism; Patent foramen ovale; Surgical embolectomy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; LEG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POPLITEAL VEIN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0346777414     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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