Large Thrombus Entrapped in a Patent Foramen Ovale during Inferior Vena Cava Filter Protection for Venous Thromboembolism

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Intraoperative picture, resected thrombus, and postoperative CT findings. Intraoperative picture showed an entrapped large thrombus in the PFO (a) and resected large thrombus (b). Yellow arrows indicated the PFO, and white arrows indicated an entrapped thrombus, respectively (a). Postoperative CT showed the disappearance of the thrombus in the left main PA (c). White arrows indicated the residual thrombus in the left PA. PFO: patent foramen ovale, CT: computed tomography, PA: pulmonary artery, Th: thrombus.

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