Acute Unilateral Renal Infarction in the Setting of an Inherited Thrombophilia and Atrial Septal Defect

Table 1

Case reports of renal infarction associated with paradoxical embolism in the setting of a patent foramen ovale.

Study	Garachemani et al.	Iwasaki et al.	Jeong et al.	Ekinci et al.	Vilbert and Franciosa	Khoma et al.
Year of publication [Ref]	2007 [12]	2011 [13]	2012 [14]	2014 [15]	2016 [16]	2016 [17]
Renal (unilateral versus bilateral, side)	Unilateral, left side	Unilateral, right side	Unilateral, right side	Unilateral, left side	Unilateral, left side	Unilateral, left side
Venous thromboembolism detected	No investigations performed	No DVTs detected	No DVTs or PE detected	No investigations performed	No DVTs detected	No DVTs detected
Thrombophilia	No investigations performed	Negative screen	Negative screen	Negative screen	Prothrombin G20210A mutation	Negative screen
Other VTE risk factors	None	None	None	None	OCP	After bariatric surgery
Other organ involvement	Myocardial infarction	None	None	None	None	None
Anticoagulation	Oral anticoagulation; type and duration unspecified	Secondary prevention with aspirin 100 mg daily	IV heparin	Enoxaparin 60 mg twice daily	IV heparin transitioned to warfarin, 6-month duration	Warfarin, 6-month duration
Device closure	Yes	Not specified	Planned	Not specified	Not planned	Planned

DVT: deep vein thrombosis; IV: intravenous; OCP: oral contraceptive pill; PE: pulmonary embolism.