Paradoxical embolism in the presence of right-to-left shunt due to tricuspid occlusion.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The case of a 33-year-old woman suffering from a paradoxical peripheral 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 tricuspid valve due to obstruction through a thrombotic atrial mass was found to be responsible for the right-to-left shunt. Treatment consisted of peripheral embolectomy, removal of the atrial mass, and closure of the atrial septum defect.
Medical subject headings
- Coronary Thrombosis
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Tricuspid Valve Stenosis