Surgical embolectomy for paradoxical cerebral embolism with massive pulmonary embolism

Kaoru Hattori; Kazuyuki Daitoku; Satoshi Taniguchi; Ikuo Fukuda

doi:10.1007/s11748-019-01087-6

Surgical embolectomy for paradoxical cerebral embolism with massive pulmonary embolism

Kaoru Hattori, Kazuyuki Daitoku, Satoshi Taniguchi, Ikuo Fukuda^*

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The patient was a 68-year-old woman with a history of multiple cerebral emboli. The patient presented with dysarthria, dysphagia, and left facial paralysis. Emergent MRI demonstrated multiple emboli in the brain stem and left occipital lobe. Echocardiography and chest CT demonstrated floating emboli entrapped in the foramen ovale and pulmonary emboli in both main pulmonary arteries. Emergent pulmonary embolectomy and extraction of the emboli on the foramen ovale were successfully performed without neurological exacerbation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	385-388
Number of pages	4
Journal	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume	68
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-019-01087-6
Publication status	Published - 2020 Apr 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cerebral embolism
Paradoxical embolism
Pulmonary embolectomy
Pulmonary embolism
Venous thromboembolism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Surgical embolectomy for paradoxical cerebral embolism with massive pulmonary embolism

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