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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2022

Left ventricular outflow tract thrombus in a patient with COVID-19-a ticking time bomb: a case report.

Hamza Zahid Ullah Muhammadzai, Nathaniel Rosal, Muhammad Arslan Cheema, Donald Haas

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hamza Zahid Ullah MuhammadzaiInternal Medicine, Abington Jefferson Health, 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7990-8414
Nathaniel RosalInternal Medicine, Abington Jefferson Health, Abington, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5187-7441
Muhammad Arslan CheemaDepartment of Cardiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9161-722X
Donald HaasDepartment of Cardiology, Abington Jefferson Health, Abington, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8644-4205
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which results in many different complications including left ventricular (LV) thrombi. Case summary: We present a 30-year-old female presenting with chest pain and shortness of breath. Patient had an extensive history including heart failure with an ejection fraction 15-20% and COVID-19 2 months ago. Echocardiogram revealed a 3.3 cm ×  1.7 cm LV thrombus which was not present 4 months ago before her diagnosis of COVID-19. The LV thrombus embolized resulting in an embolus extending from the distal infrarenal abdominal aorta to the common iliac arteries bilaterally. Repeat COVID pre-procedure was positive. She underwent bilateral femoral artery cutdown, bilateral iliac artery embolectomy, superficial femoral artery embolectomy, and bilateral lower extremity fasciotomy. An extensive workup for the aetiology of the LV thrombus turned out to be negative and COVID-19 was deemed to be the aetiology of the thrombus. The patient was bridged from apixaban to warfarin and was successfully discharged within a few weeks. Discussion: Hypercoagulability is a known complication of COVID-19 causing thrombi in various parts of the body including the LV. Early recognition with echocardiography, especially in patients with heart failure, and prompt treatment is key to avoid further complications such as embolization.

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Case reportCOVID-19EmbolizationHeart failureHypercoagulabilityLeft ventricular thrombus

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