Undefined hypercoaguable state associated with massive right ventricular thrombus and embolism in a previously healthy 17-year-old male.
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.
Maraj
Suraj
S
Echocardiography Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
Bajpai
Enakshi
E
Crespo
Guillermo
G
Doshi
Kokila
K
Langan
Nicholas
N
Jacobs
Larry E
LE
Kotler
Morris N
MN
D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D019851:Thrombophilia / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*