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Undefined Hypercoaguable State Associated With Massive Right Ventricular Thrombus and Embolism in a Previously Healthy 17‐Year‐Old Male
Author(s) -
Maraj Suraj,
Bajpai Enakshi,
Crespo Guillermo,
Doshi Kokila,
Langan Nicholas,
Jacobs Larry E.,
Kotler Morris N.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03075.x
Subject(s) - thrombus , pulmonary embolism , medicine , cardiology , right heart , etiology , embolism , radiology
A right ventricular thrombus (RVT) is an unusual finding on echocardiography. We describe a healthy young male patient who developed RVT with subsequent pulmonary embolism (PE), the etiology of which remains uncertain. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 20, July 2003)