Abdulkadir MB, Ibrahim OR, Afolayan FM, Adedoyin OT. Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Thrombus in a Child with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: An Atypical Location.
J Cardiovasc Echogr 2017;
27:101-103. [PMID:
28758062 PMCID:
PMC5516439 DOI:
10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_46_16]
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Abstract
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) may be associated with formation of intracardiac thrombi which may embolize and result in life-threatening complications. We present a 19-month-old female child with DCM who presented with a right hemispheric cerebrovascular accident. Urgent echocardiography revealed poor left ventricular systolic function and a thrombus attached to the interventricular septum along the left ventricular outflow tract. There was resolution of the thrombus following the use of warfarin.
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