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  • A multidisciplinary approach for a patient with cardiogenic shock from pulmonary embolism with concomitant impending clot in transit trapped in PFO

    • Posted: 03/26/2024
    • Author:

      Ibrahim S. Shenawi, Xavier Diaz-Hernandez, Shree L. Radhakrishnan, Omar Leonards, Rogin Subedi, Jose Wiley, Dan Laney, Murtuza Ali, Bahri Ustunsoz, Elizabeth Clement and Pedro Cox-Alomar

    • CRM2024

    Abstract

    Impending paradoxical embolism (IPDE) is a right heart thrombus (RHT), in times of elevated pulmonary arterial pressure, that is trapped in a patent foramen ovale (PFO) Myers et al. (2010) (3). We present a case that highlights our multidisciplinary approach in a patient with IPDE with cardiogenic shock from pulmonary embolism (PE).

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