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ArticleThe Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology2020

Management of a huge right atrial thrombus in a patient with multiple comorbidities.

Peter Philip Shaker Selwanos, Ahmed Osman Ahmed, Karim Mohamed El Bakry, Ahmed Nazmy Elsharkawy, Omar Alaaeldin Mohamed, Hatem Hosny, Amir Anwar Shaker Samaan

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Article in The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  4. Characteristics and outcomes of angiovac-assisted debulking of intracardiac masses, thrombi, and endocarditis.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2023
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  5. Current trends in image-guided chest interventions.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2022
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Peter Philip Shaker SelwanosDepartment of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, 72 Kasr Elhagar street, Elsail Elegedeed, Aswan, PO 81511, Egypt. Peter_Philip2010@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4726-6351
Ahmed Osman AhmedDepartment of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, 72 Kasr Elhagar street, Elsail Elegedeed, Aswan, PO 81511, Egypt.
Karim Mohamed El BakryDepartment of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, 72 Kasr Elhagar street, Elsail Elegedeed, Aswan, PO 81511, Egypt.
Ahmed Nazmy ElsharkawyDepartment of Intensive Therapy Unit, Postoperative Cardiac Surgery, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt.
Omar Alaaeldin MohamedDepartment of Intensive Therapy Unit, Postoperative Cardiac Surgery, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt.
Hatem HosnyDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt.
Amir Anwar Shaker SamaanDepartment of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, 72 Kasr Elhagar street, Elsail Elegedeed, Aswan, PO 81511, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFloating right heart thrombi (RHT) represent an underdiagnosed, potentially hazardous, and to some extent rare phenomenon in patients presenting with acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Emergent treatment is usually required for such a condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A 19-year-old young lady presented with progressive shortness of breath, marked renal impairment, thrombocytopenia, and a highly oscillating huge right atrial mass. After she was admitted to the intensive care unit, she arrested in asystole and was resuscitated, and her electrocardiogram (ECG) showed evidence of acute anterior myocardial infarction. Urgent cardiac surgery to remove the right atrial mass was proposed by the heart team as the best option of management. Surgery was emergently performed with extra-corporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) as a support. Following surgery, mechanical support and vasopressors were successfully weaned and the patient achieved a good recovery.

conclusionsA pulmonary embolism response team (PERT) approach should always be considered where a multidisciplinary team involving a cardiologist, radiologist, cardio-thoracic surgeon, radiologist, and intensivist shall determine the management strategy for a challenging presentation of a massive pulmonary embolism or floating right heart thrombi causing the hemodynamically unstable clinical condition.

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2D echocardiographyParadoxical embolismRight atrial thrombus

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PMID33175249
PMCPMC7658281

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