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- Title
Calcified right ventricular thrombus and antiphospholipid syndrome.
- Authors
Jose Alberto de Agustín; Iván Javier Nuñez-Gil; Borja Ruiz-Mateos; Maria del Carmen Manzano; David Vivas; Leopoldo Pérez de Isla; Jose Zamorano; Carlos Macaya
- Abstract
Antiphospholipid syndrome has been associated with venous and arterial thrombotic events but intracardiac thrombosis is rare. We describe a case about a 30-year-old woman, admitted with a 6-month history of arthralgia, fatigue, and intermittent fever. Subsequent investigation revealed the presence of a large and calcified mass in the right ventricular outflow tract attached to the subvalvular tricuspid apparatus. Cardiac surgery was performed and histological examination demonstrated it to be composed entirely of calcified thrombus. Screening laboratory evaluation for hypercoagulable states confirmed the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome.
- Subjects
CALCIFICATION; RIGHT heart ventricle diseases; THROMBOSIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID syndrome; CASE studies; CARDIAC surgery; HISTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
European Journal of Echocardiography, 2009, Vol 10, Issue 3, p471
- ISSN
1525-2167
- Publication type
Article