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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:1559-1561
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Surgical Treatment of Impending Paradoxical Embolism Through Patent Foramen Ovale

Frank L. Caes, MD, Yves V. Van Belleghem, MD, Luc H. Missault, MD, Kenneth E. Coenye, Guido J. Van Nooten, MD

Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, University Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Accepted for publication October 14, 1994.

We describe the case of a patient with deep venous thrombosis who had cerebral and extremity paradoxical emboli and an intracardiac thrombus crossing a patent foramen ovale identified by echocardiography. He was treated successfully with immediate intracardiac embolectomy and closure of the patent foramen ovale.




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