Thrombolytic treatment of right atrial thrombus in Behçet's disease under guidance of serial transesophageal echocardiography.
The case is presented of a 26-year-old man with Behçet's disease in whom a large and highly mobile right atrial thrombus was detected. Gradual lysis was achieved after two successive infusions of 1,500,000 units of streptokinase guided by serial transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.
Ozdemir
Nihal
N
Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kaymaz
Cihangir
C
Ozkan
Mehmet
M
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D013300:Streptokinase