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Paradoxical emboli through the patent foramen ovale as the suspected cause of myocardial and renal infarction in a 48-year-old woman. |
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| Authors: | Ali Garachemani Parham Eshtehardi Bernhard Meier |
| Affiliation: | Sonnenhof Heart Center, Bern, Switzerland. |
| Abstract: | We review the case of a 48-year-old woman who underwent elective percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure following successive renal and myocardial infarction with normal renal and coronary arteries, probably as a consequence of paradoxical emboli. |
| Keywords: | percutaneous closure patent foramen ovale myocardial infarction renal infarction Amplatzer device interventional cardiology |