Feasibility of emergency surgery for the treatment of an echocardiographically detected right atrial thrombus in a patient over 80 years of age presenting with shock.
We report the case of an 83-year old woman, presenting with progressive shock, in whom a right atrial thrombus was diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography. Doppler echocardiography demonstrated diastolic interruption of tricuspid inflow. Emergency thrombectomy was successful and without major complications despite the advanced age.
Kamp
O
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Free University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Meyer
A
A
Roos
J P
JP
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*