Right heart thrombus causing syncope in an elderly patient
| Autor: | Dimitrios Papadopoulos, John Barbetseas, Kanella Zerva, Evangelos Chatzigheorgiou, Eva D. Papadimitraki, Dimitrios Bassoulis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Aging
medicine.medical_specialty Heart Diseases Frail Elderly medicine.medical_treatment Administration Oral Vena Cava Inferior Inferior vena cava Syncope Recurrence Internal medicine medicine Humans Frail elderly cardiovascular diseases Thrombus Ultrasonography Aged 80 and over Dehydration biology business.industry Syncope (genus) Anticoagulants Thrombosis General Medicine Thrombolysis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery Pulmonary embolism Treatment Outcome medicine.vein Right heart cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Blood Flow Velocity |
| Zdroj: | Age and Ageing. 44:896-898 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2834 0002-0729 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/afv092 |
| Popis: | Pulmonary embolism and thromboembolic disease carry a high mortality if not recognised and managed appropriately. Herein we illustrate the case of a dehydrated elderly female patient with recurrent syncope who proved to have high risk pulmonary embolism and a free floating right heart thrombus. The echocardiographic findings of right heart thrombus and possible thrombi 'in transit' within a low flow inferior vena cava, guided a life-saving treatment in this frail elderly patient. |
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