Vanishing left ventricular thrombus in a woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy: a case report
| dc.contributor.author | Altuwaijri, Wafa A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kirkpatrick, Iain DC | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jassal, Davinder S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Soni, Anita | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-23T06:46:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-23T06:46:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10-02 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2013-01-23T06:46:59Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare cardiac disorder characterized by the development of heart failure in the last month of pregnancy or up to 5 months postpartum in women without other identifiable causes of cardiac failure. The combination of left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and hypercoaguability can cause thromboembolic complications including intra-cardiac thrombi. Case presentation A 25-year-old Caucasian female with PPCM demonstrated multiple thrombi in the LV on transthoracic echocardiography. Following anticoagulation with parenteral heparin, a cardiac MRI four days later demonstrated near resolution of the thrombi. Conclusion We review the presentation, diagnosis and management of LV thrombi in the clinical setting of PPCM. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier.citation | BMC Research Notes. 2012 Oct 02;5(1):544 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-544 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/15340 | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Wafa A Altuwaijri et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | |
| dc.title | Vanishing left ventricular thrombus in a woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy: a case report | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |
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