title: Left ventricular thrombosis due to acquired protein C deficiency diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography.
abstract: We present a patient with left ventricular thrombus diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. Thrombosis was due to acquired transient protein C deficiency which was caused by impaired liver function due to hepatitis, sepsis and heart failure. With proper treatment the thrombus disappeared on the fourth day. Eighteen weeks later the protein C level returned to normal. We recommend echocardiographic evaluation and follow-up of suspected cases for intracardiac thrombus. The measurement of protein C level in such cases is proposed. This is the first case with left-sided cardiac thrombus associated with protein C deficiency in the medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkutlu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozbarlas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saraçlar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oztunç
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D020151:Protein C Deficiency; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*