A suspected case of paradoxical renal embolism through the patent foramen ovale

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-150

  Iwasaki, Masaki ^a   Joki, Nobuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Yuri ^a   Hara, Hidehiko ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Hase, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paradoxical embolism; Patent foramen ovale; Renal infarction; Valsalva maneuver

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLISM; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPORT; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 79952195448     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-010-0354-4     Document Type: Article

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