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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:249
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Impending paradoxical embolus early post-coronary surgery

^a Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Suite H3201, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1Y 4W7
^b Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
^c Division of Anatomical Pathology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Received 11 November 2005; accepted 21 November 2005.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 613 761 4233; fax: +1 613 761 5217. (Email: akulik@ottawaheart.ca).

Key Words: Thromboembolism • Echocardiography • Surgery complications

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A 74-year-old male presented with dyspnea 2 weeks post-CABG. Echocardiography demonstrated an impending paradoxical embolus. A large mobile serpiginous thrombus traversed a . . . [Full Text of this Article]