Thrombus in transit through a patent foramen ovale
- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Pinnacle Health Hospitals, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- 3Department of Cardiology, PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular Institute, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Correspondence to Dr Murad Abdelsalam, Department of Internal Medicine, Pinnacle Health Hospitals, 111 S Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, USA; murad.abdelsalam{at}gmail.com
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Contributors MA and MM wrote the initial manuscript. IS edited the paper, including image editing and paper design. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
- Received 11 January 2012
- Accepted 22 March 2012
- Published Online First 9 May 2012
- Patent foramen ovale
- transoesophageal echocardiogram
- paradoxical embolism
- venous thromboembolism
- transoesophageal
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