A case of paradoxical air embolism in the coronary artery through a patent foramen ovale demonstrated by coronary CT angiography

作者：Lee Hwa Yeon; Yoo Seung Min^*

来源：Clinical Imaging, 2013, 37(1): 167-169.

DOI：10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.04.001

• Patent foramen ovale
• Paradoxical air embolism
• Coronary CT angiography

We present a case of paradoxical air embolism (PAE) in the distal right coronary artery identified by coronary CT angiography. The underlying cause of PAE in the distal right coronary artery was a patent foramen ovale because the typical CT findings of a patent foramen ovale (i.e., combination of findings of the presence of a slit-like contrast column in the interatrial septum and a contrast jet through the septum) were identified by coronary CT angiography.

• 出版日期2013-2