Acute myocardial infarction due to paradoxical embolism

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Apr 15:209:190-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.105. Epub 2016 Jan 12.

Authors

Mayooran Namasivayam¹, Roberto Spina¹, Lucie Bobillo², Michael P Feneley¹, David W Baron¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
² Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Territorial, Noumea, New Caledonia.

PMID: 26896620
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.105

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolism, Paradoxical / complications
Embolism, Paradoxical / diagnostic imaging*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Infarction / etiology