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ArticleCureus2026

Right Ventricular Thrombus Presenting With Right Ventricular Failure in Septic Shock: A Case Report.

Micah Harris

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Micah HarrisInternal Medicine, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case report of refractory multifactorial shock initially managed as septic shock, requiring multidisciplinary collaboration when the diagnostic pathway was limited by acute kidney injury; the primary learning objective is to highlight clinical decision-making in shock when standard contrast imaging is contraindicated. Echocardiography revealed right ventricular failure with right ventricular thrombus, and pulmonary embolism was strongly suspected but could not be confirmed due to the inability to obtain contrast imaging. Persistent shock prompted a transition from a septic shock-directed strategy to cardiogenic and obstructive shock management. The patient was treated with anticoagulation but was not a candidate for mechanical thrombectomy. The course was complicated by progressive renal failure, and after dialysis was declined by the family, the patient was transitioned to comfort care.

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diagnostic and therapeutic challengeinterventional cardiologyintracardiac thrombuspulmonary and critical care medicineright ventricular cardiac thrombusright ventricular failureseptic shock (ss)

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PMID41869204
PMCPMC13005283

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