Cor Vasa 2022, 64(5):538-541 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.012

Surgical treatment of simultaneous pulmonary and paradoxical embolism

Jaroslav Ilčišáka, Jiří Ničovskýa, b, Petr Němeca, b
a Centre of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno
b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno

We present a rare case of a patient with atypical symptoms regarding his diagnosis. Patient presented primarily with neurological symptoms. A computed tomography (CT) scan of this patient showed a simultaneous pulmonary and systemic embolism. A subsequent preoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed a persistent foramen ovale (PFO). It was apparently the way of systemic embolism which caused the neurological symptoms. In this case report we describe the therapy of a simultaneous pulmonary and paradoxical embolism.

Keywords: Combined, Embolism, Foramen ovale, Paradoxical, Pulmonary embolism, Systemic

Received: January 23, 2022; Revised: January 23, 2022; Accepted: February 19, 2022; Published: November 1, 2022  Show citation

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Ilčišák J, Ničovský J, Němec P. Surgical treatment of simultaneous pulmonary and paradoxical embolism. Cor Vasa. 2022;64(5):538-541. doi: 10.33678/cor.2022.012.
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