title: Infected thrombus compression of the right ventricular outflow tract in transposition of the great arteries.
abstract: We describe the first reported case of infected thrombus compression of the right ventricular outflow tract in a Rastelli patient as a complication of pregnancy. This case emphasizes the importance of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography in the assessment of patients with adult congenital heart disease prior to and during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.
authors.forename: Colin D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Chue
authors.forename: Lucy E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Hudsmith
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Thorne
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clift
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery