Giant thrombus entrapped by a patent foramen ovale in a patient with polycystic kidney disease

Gustavo Neves de Araujo; Stéfani Mariani; Felipe Pereira Lima Marques; Lucas Simonetto Faganello; Luís Henrique Klafke; Douglas Dal Más Freitas; Solano Berger

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Giant thrombus entrapped by a patent foramen ovale in a patient with polycystic kidney disease

Authors: Gustavo Neves de Araujo
Stéfani Mariani
Felipe Pereira Lima Marques
Lucas Simonetto Faganello
Luís Henrique Klafke
Douglas Dal Más Freitas
Solano Berger
Publication date: 1 July 2017
Publisher: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is the most common genetic cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The most common cause of death in patients with this condition is cardiovascular disease, mainly due to hypertension and its consequences. We report a case of a 42-year-old male patient with polycystic kidney disease who developed a giant thrombus entrapped by a patent foramen ovale after an acute myocardial infarction. Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; patent foramen ovale; thrombus-in-transi

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