• Title/Summary/Keyword: 난원공개존증

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CT Diagnosis of Paradoxical Embolism via a Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient with a Pulmonary Embolism and Prominent Eustachian Valve (난원공개존증과 거대 유스타기오밸브를 가진 환자에서 기이색전증의 CT 진단)

  • Min Ji Son;Seung Min Yoo;Charles S White
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.82 no.2
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    • pp.435-439
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    • 2021
  • While there is a high prevalence of patent foramen ovale in adults, paradoxical embolism via a patent foramen ovale is rare. Previous echocardiographic studies indicated that paradoxical embolism might only occur in patients with high-risk features of patent foramen ovale (i.e., large defect size, presence of a Eustachian valve, and high right atrial pressure). Here, we present a case of patent foramen ovale with high-risk CT features for paradoxical embolism.