A Dangerous Dilemma

Pregnancy is associated with venous thromboembolism. Occasionally, thrombus can become entrapped across a patent foramen ovale, with risk of systemic embolism. This report presents a case of a pregnant woman who had thrombus in transit diagnosed by echocardiography, which was successfully removed by...

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Main Authors: John Nan, MD, Nicholas Tan, MD, MS, Hartzell Schaff, MD, Malcolm R. Bell, MD, Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD, Patricia J.M. Best, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919302906