Population
1 patient, 80-year-old female with a history of stroke, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes, presenting with…
Design
Case_report
Key result
Emergent surgical thrombectomy and PFO closure were performed in an 80-year-old woman presenting with a rare paradoxical thrombus in transit through a PFO and massive pulmonary embolism.
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Supports surgical thrombectomy for rare paradoxical thrombi in transit; hypothesis-generating given single case report.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights a rare presentation of a paradoxical thrombus caught in transit through a PFO, successfully identified by multimodality imaging and managed with emergent surgical thrombectomy and PFO closure.
Buttar et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Patent foramen ovale thrombus in transit (n=1). Emergent surgical thrombectomy and PFO closure was evaluated. Emergent surgical thrombectomy and PFO closure were performed in an 80-year-old woman presenting with a rare paradoxical thrombus in transit through a PFO and massive pulmonary embolism.