Embolismo cerebral recurrente, foramen oval permeable e hipercoagulabilidad

Se presenta el caso de una paciente con embolismo cerebral recurrente, formen oval permeable, hipercoagulabilidad y masa atrial derecha de aspecto semejante a mixoma atrial que durante el cierre quirúrgico, se documentó que correspondía a músculo atrial redundante.

Palabras clave: embolismo cerebral, hipercoagulabilidad, foramen oval, mixoma, septum interatrial.

We present the case of a patient with recurrent brain embolism, patent foramen ovale and hypercoagulable state, with a myxoma like mass in the right atrium that during the surgical time, was demonstrated to be redundant atrial muscle.

Key words: brain embolism, hypercoagulable state, patent foramen ovale, myxoma, interatrial septum.