Paradoxical emboli through the patent foramen ovale as the suspected cause of myocardial and renal infarction in a 48-year-old woman

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Dec 1;70(7):1010-2. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21214.

Abstract

We review the case of a 48-year-old woman who underwent elective percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure following successive renal and myocardial infarction with normal renal and coronary arteries, probably as a consequence of paradoxical emboli.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / complications*
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / etiology
  • Embolism, Paradoxical / surgery
  • Female
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Infarction / surgery
  • Kidney / blood supply*
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed