title: Cardioverter-defibrillator lead-related thrombus treated with prolonged anticoagulation in patient with prothrombotic disorder.
abstract: Following an accidental finding of a large atrial lead-related thrombus in a 33-year-old woman with suspected prothrombotic disorder, a conservative treatment with low molecular weight heparin injections and close transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring was used. It led to a complete resolution of the thrombus in 4 weeks without the need for a high-risk operation in this patient.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Coronary Artery Disease and 2nd Catheterization Laboratory, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. lmalek@ikard.pl
authors.forename: Lukasz A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Malek
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chojnowska
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konka
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klopotowski
authors.forename: Miroslaw
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skwarek
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maczynska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ruzyllo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017984:Enoxaparin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D017984:Enoxaparin