Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 58-60 , January 2010

Thrombus Entrapped in a Patent Foramen Ovale: A Potential Source of Pulmonary and Systemic Embolism

  • Leighton G. Kearney, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Health, Level 5 North Austin Tower, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084. Australia
    • Department of Medicine, Austin Health and Northern Health, The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Building 24, 300 Waterdale Road, Heidelberg Heights, Victoria 3081, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Department of Medicine, Austin Health and Northern Health, Building 24, 300 Waterdale Road, Heidelberg Heights, Victoria 3081, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9496 2362; fax: +61 3 9497 4554.
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  • Piyush M. Srivastava, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Austin Health, Level 5 North Austin Tower, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084. Australia
    • Department of Medicine, Austin Health and Northern Health, The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Building 24, 300 Waterdale Road, Heidelberg Heights, Victoria 3081, Australia

Received 15 May 2008 ,Revised 8 October 2008 ,Accepted 11 December 2008.

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☆ This work is not under active consideration for publication, has not been accepted for publication, nor has it been published, in full or part. All authors have read and approved the manuscript.

PII: S1443-9506(08)01006-8

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.12.003

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