High-risk massive pulmonary thromboembolism associated with patent foramen ovale
Miranda, A.; Franco, S.; Uribe, W.; Duque, M.; Femenía, F.; Baranchuk, A.án.
Medicina 72(2): 128-130
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-7680 PMID: 22522854 Document Number: 662430
High mortality rate associated with massive pulmonary embolism requires an aggressive invasive approach including surgical pulmonary embolectomy when thrombolytic therapy has failed or is contraindicated. We describe a case of high-risk massive pulmonary embolism who underwent surgical treatment due to the presence of a mobile intracardiac clot in a patent foramen ovale, and the possible risk of paradoxical arterial embolism.