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ArticleMedicine2017

Concomitant coronary and pulmonary embolism associated with patent foramen ovale: A case report.

Zhongxiu Chen, Chen Li, Yajiao Li, Hong Tang, Li Rao, Mian Wang

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Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhongxiu ChenDepartment of Cardiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Chen Li
Yajiao Li
Hong Tang
Li Rao
Mian Wang
Creative Commons · USSichuan University · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleThe differential diagnosis of acute chest pain is very important, and can sometimes be challenging. Related diseases share a number of risk factors, and occasionally, 1 condition causes another disease to develop. PATIENT CONCERNS: We described a 59-year-old man who presented to emergency department complaining of chest pain. DIAGNOSES: He was suffered acute myocardial infarction (MI) and pulmonary embolism (PE) simultaneously.

interventionsDual antiplatelet therapy, statin, and low molecular weight heparin were administrated during his stay. The searches for cancers, autoimmune diseases, and hematologic diseases were unremarkable, ruling out a hypercoagulable state. Subsequent ultrasound scan revealed a thrombus in a vein of the lower left extremity. Thus, paradoxical embolism was highly suspected. OUTCOMES: Paradoxical embolism is a rare cause of acute MI, which may have occurred in our patient. This was evidenced by a previously unrecognized patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a right-to-left atrial shunt detected using contrast transesophageal echocardiography. LESSONS: Acute MI complicated with PE is not common in the clinical setting. The fatal condition is difficult to diagnose because of the similar symptoms and confusing causes. Paradoxical embolism can cause this phenomenon, and physicians should be highly vigilant in the search for a PFO in cases of paradoxical embolism.

Indexed as

Embolism, ParadoxicalForamen Ovale, PatentHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPulmonary EmbolismVenous ThrombosisHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPlatelet Aggregation Inhibitors

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PMID29384941
PMCPMC6392996
OpenAlexW2776728586

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