Chronic consumptive coagulopathy due to intracardiac thrombus.
A patient with a consumptive coagulopathy of 11 months' duration that was due to a large left atrial mural thrombus is described. Bleeding occurred only with the hemostatic challenge of surgery. Heparin was used perioperatively to facilitate two surgical procedures. The coagulopathy was reversed by removal of the thrombus.
D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors