Left ventricular outflow tract thrombus in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: An atypical location
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2017
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Journal of cardiovascular echography
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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Cerebrovascular accident, dilated cardiomyopathy, left ventricle, thrombus
Citation
31. Abdulkadir, M. B., Ibrahim, O. R., Afolayan, F. M., & Adedoyin, O. T. (2017): Left ventricular outflow tract thrombus in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: An atypical location. Journal of cardiovascular echography. 27(3); 101-103