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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in the Piglet
Published on: November 4, 2015
Extensive Left Ventricular Thrombosis with Concomitant Pulmonary Embolism
Annamária Magdás1,2, Cristian Podoleanu2,3, Attila Frigy2,3
1Department of Internal Medicine, County Clinical Hospital Mureș, 1 Gheorghe Marinescu Street, 540103 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Abstract:
A 57-year-old non-obese female patient with a history of heavy smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension was admitted to the hospital as an emergency for acute hemoptysis and signs of congestive heart failure. To assess the source of hemoptysis, computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography was performed, which confirmed a bilateral pulmonary embolism of the apical branches. The routinely performed transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed an enlarged left ventricle with severely reduced ejection fraction (EF = 25%) due to global hypokinesia and multiple, mobile, echogenic masses. To increase the diagnostic accuracy, real-time three-dimensional (Live 3D) imaging of the masses was added which described multiple left ventricular (LV) thrombi. Successful resolution of intraventricular thrombi was noticed after treatment with oral anticoagulant therapy (acenocumarol), despite the lack of regular INR control.
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