Surgical intervention is a viable and successful treatment for impending paradoxical embolism caused by a thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale.
Supports surgical option in impending paradoxical embolism; leaves open need for comparative evidence before practice change.
We describe a case of impending paradoxical embolism due to a thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale in a 22-year-old woman. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography detected the thrombus. She was operated on and discharged asymptomatic.
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