Paradoxical Coronary Embolism as a Cause of Recurrent Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report
Dago Berckmans · 2026
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Description
Dago Berckmans reports a heart attack caused by a clot that crossed between the heart's upper chambers in this 2026 case report. A fifty-seven-year-old man returned with chest pain soon after a first heart attack. During that stay, doctors had found a patent foramen ovale, a small flap opening between the chambers.
Scans now showed a fresh heart attack pattern, and imaging found a clot blocking a branch in otherwise clean arteries. No vein clot was found, but blood tests showed an inherited clotting tendency. He was treated without surgery and later had the opening closed successfully. The author urges doctors to consider this route when heart attacks strike clean arteries.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dago Berckmans |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |