TY - JOUR
T1 - A myocardial infarction may disclose patent foramen ovale
AU - Trabattoni, Daniela
AU - Zaro, Tiziana
AU - Garducci, Stefano
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - We report a case of a 19-year-old man presenting with an acute myocardial infarction. Coronary arteries were free from atherosclerotic disease. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) was detected on contrast echocardiography with right-to-left shunting during Valsalva maneuver. No other embolic source was identified. We closed the patient's PFO with a 23-mm PFO occluder. No residual intracardiac shunt was found on contrast transthoracic echocardiography at 1-year follow-up and no recurrent paradoxical embolization occurred.
AB - We report a case of a 19-year-old man presenting with an acute myocardial infarction. Coronary arteries were free from atherosclerotic disease. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) was detected on contrast echocardiography with right-to-left shunting during Valsalva maneuver. No other embolic source was identified. We closed the patient's PFO with a 23-mm PFO occluder. No residual intracardiac shunt was found on contrast transthoracic echocardiography at 1-year follow-up and no recurrent paradoxical embolization occurred.
KW - Acute myocardial infarction
KW - Coronary embolization
KW - Patent foramen ovale
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.08.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859164242
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Cardiology Cases
JF - Journal of Cardiology Cases
SN - 1878-5409
IS - 2
ER -