Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure
Intracardiac thrombi are associated with an increased morbidity and mortality due to their unpredictability and embolic potential. Right heart thrombus is infrequently encountered in clinical practice outside the scenario of acute pulmonary embolism with hemodynamic compromise, and even more uncommo...
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| author | James Keeton Pedro Engel Gonzalez Julie Cox Robert M. Morlend Alpesh A. Amin Pradeep P. A. Mammen Lynn C. Huffman Faris G. Araj |
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| description | Intracardiac thrombi are associated with an increased morbidity and mortality due to their unpredictability and embolic potential. Right heart thrombus is infrequently encountered in clinical practice outside the scenario of acute pulmonary embolism with hemodynamic compromise, and even more uncommon is the presence of a massive right heart thrombus. Embolic potential is high, and historically, management has revolved around open surgical removal or systemic thrombolysis. We hereby present a case of a massive right heart thrombus in a high surgical risk patient, which was successfully removed using a percutaneous aspiration device. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-60fa8f3599fd41daad8a2f5d105d0f5b2025-02-03T01:04:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122020-01-01202010.1155/2020/75792627579262Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart FailureJames Keeton0Pedro Engel Gonzalez1Julie Cox2Robert M. Morlend3Alpesh A. Amin4Pradeep P. A. Mammen5Lynn C. Huffman6Faris G. Araj7University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USAUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USABaylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas, USAUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USAUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USAUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USAUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USAUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USAIntracardiac thrombi are associated with an increased morbidity and mortality due to their unpredictability and embolic potential. Right heart thrombus is infrequently encountered in clinical practice outside the scenario of acute pulmonary embolism with hemodynamic compromise, and even more uncommon is the presence of a massive right heart thrombus. Embolic potential is high, and historically, management has revolved around open surgical removal or systemic thrombolysis. We hereby present a case of a massive right heart thrombus in a high surgical risk patient, which was successfully removed using a percutaneous aspiration device.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7579262 |
| spellingShingle | James Keeton Pedro Engel Gonzalez Julie Cox Robert M. Morlend Alpesh A. Amin Pradeep P. A. Mammen Lynn C. Huffman Faris G. Araj Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure |
| title_full | Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure |
| title_fullStr | Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure |
| title_short | Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure |
| title_sort | saved by the vac minimally invasive removal of a surely fatal right heart thrombus in a patient with advanced heart failure |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7579262 |
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