Infected thrombus compression of the right ventricular outflow tract in transposition of the great arteries.
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.
Chue
Colin D
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Department of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.
Hudsmith
Lucy E
LE
Thorne
Sara A
SA
Clift
Paul
P
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