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Published on: November 4, 2015
Postpartal right ventricular thrombosis
Lazar Velicki1, Aleksandar Milosavljević, Marijan Majin
1Clinic of Cardiosurgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sremska Kamenica, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro.
Abstract:
The discovery of an intracardial mass in patients presents a serious diagnostic dilemma. The differential diagnosis of this condition may seem abundant, but myxomas and intracardial thrombosis are the most frequent diagnoses. A connection between pregnancy and the presence of thrombosis has been documented frequently. Normal pregnancy leads to changes of the coagulative and fibrinolytic status toward a hypercoagulable condition which has its own physiological justification (the risk of blood loss decreases during labor). The case of a patient suffering from postpartal right ventricular thrombosis, which was successfully resolved by surgery as described in this contribution, demonstrates the value of a multidisciplinary approach.
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