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(Circulation. 1953;8:394.)
© 1953 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Embolic Occlusion of Patent Foramen Ovale

A Syndrome Occurring in Pulmonary Embolism

G. B. ELLIOTT M.B.¹ R. E. BEAMISH M.D.¹

¹ From the Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of Manitoba, and the Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada.

In the presence of a patent foramen ovale, pulmonary embolism may result in a right-to-left interatrial shunt which serves to alleviate the effects of the embolism. When the shunt is occluded by a subsequent embolus, sudden death occurs. The clinical and pathologic features of the syndrome are described.

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