Concomitant in situ and in transit right heart thrombi: a case report

Right heart thrombi can form in situ or lodge in the right cardiac chambers, originating from deep venous thrombosis. The latter carries a poor prognosis, taking into account the very high mortality rate. We herein report a case of an 83-year-old man who developed thrombus in the inferior vena cava...

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Autores principales: Belharty, Najlaa, Azouzi, Rania El, Chafai, Yassmine, Mouine, Najat, Benyass, Aatif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7992397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33796169
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.355.27416
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Sumario:Right heart thrombi can form in situ or lodge in the right cardiac chambers, originating from deep venous thrombosis. The latter carries a poor prognosis, taking into account the very high mortality rate. We herein report a case of an 83-year-old man who developed thrombus in the inferior vena cava that extended up to the right atrium, along with two distinct masses attached to the right ventricle wall.

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