Massive pulmonary embolism complicated by a patent foramen ovale with straddling thrombus: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 528-533

  Erkut, Bilgehan ^a,b   Kocak, Hikmet ^a   Becit, Necip ^a   Senocak, Huseyin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Palandöken Tip Merkezi Üstü ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Patent foramen ovale; Pulmonary embolism; Straddling thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33646866564     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3195-8     Document Type: Review

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