PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM IN THE PRESENCE OF RIGHT-TO-LEFT SHUNT DUE TO TRICUSPID OCCLUSION

Authors
VICOL C DANOV V STRUCK E
Citation
C. Vicol et al., PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM IN THE PRESENCE OF RIGHT-TO-LEFT SHUNT DUE TO TRICUSPID OCCLUSION, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 60(4), 1995, pp. 1111-1112
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
60
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1111 - 1112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1995)60:4<1111:PEITPO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The case of a 33-year-old woman suffering from a paradoxical periphera l embolism in the presence of a right-to-left shunt at the level of an ostium secundum defect is presented. A functional stenosis of the tri cuspid valve due to obstruction through a thrombotic atrial mass was f ound to be responsible for the right-to-left shunt. Treatment consiste d of peripheral embolectomy, removal of the atrial mass, and closure o f the atrial septum defect.