Pulmonary vein thrombosis and peripheral embolization.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 78-year-old-woman was admitted to the hospital with bilateral femoral arterial occlusion. Her medical history disclosed atrial fibrillation and a left thoracoplasty performed 50 years earlier for treatment of tuberculosis. A transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated intraluminal thrombus in a left pulmonary vein. The patient recovered after thromboembolectomy. This case documents another uncommon cause of cardiac thromboembolism in which a transesophageal echocardiogram was essential to make the diagnosis.
Medical subject headings
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases
- Echocardiography, Transesophageal
- Femoral Artery
- Pulmonary Veins
- Thrombosis