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Surgical treatment of impending paradoxical embolization associated with pulmonary embolism in a patient with heterozygosis of factor V Leiden.
Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) - 1 Oct 2013
Citro Rodolfo, Panza Antonello, Bottiglieri Giuseppe, Leone Rocco, Provenza Gennaro, Gregorio Giovanni, Di Benedetto Giuseppe, Bossone Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
We report an unusual case of impending paradoxical embolization in a 69-year-old woman heterozygote carrier of factor V Leiden mutation. The patient presented to the emergency room with the clinical scenario of massive pulmonary embolism. Serial echocardiographic examinations revealed a large thrombus in the right atrium floating via a patent foramen ovale into the left atrium. Anticoagulation therapy was...
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