[Mobile right atrial thrombus complicated by severe pulmonary embolism treated with low molecular weight heparin].
Right heart emboli-in-transit have been echocardiographically documented in up to 4 to 23% of patient with acute pulmonary embolism. The most appropriate therapeutic approach still remains an unresolved problem because there are no prospective and randomized trials to definitively answer this question. Thrombolysis seems to be the more attractive alternative. We report a case of 44 years old man presented with a right atrial thrombus complicated by severe pulmonary embolism treated successfully by low molecular weight heparin.
Addad
Faouzi
F
Service de cardiologie, CHU Fattouma Bourguiba, Monastir-Tunisie.
Ben Hamda
Khaldoun
K
Derdabi
Mohamed
M
Dridi
Zohra
Z
Zeghidi
Boutheina
B
Betbout
Fethi
F
Gamra
Habib
H
Abbes
Fehmi
F
Mlika
Azmi
A
Maatouk
Faouzi
F
Ben Farhat
Mohamed
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014463:Ultrasonography
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight