title: Postpartal right ventricular thrombosis.
abstract: The discovery of an intracardial mass in patients presents a serious diagnostic dilemma. The differential diagnosis of this condition may seem abundant, but myxomas and intracardial thrombosis are the most frequent diagnoses. A connection between pregnancy and the presence of thrombosis has been documented frequently. Normal pregnancy leads to changes of the coagulative and fibrinolytic status toward a hypercoagulable condition which has its own physiological justification (the risk of blood loss decreases during labor). The case of a patient suffering from postpartal right ventricular thrombosis, which was successfully resolved by surgery as described in this contribution, demonstrates the value of a multidisciplinary approach.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Cardiosurgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sremska Kamenica, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro.
authors.forename: Lazar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Velicki
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milosavljević
authors.forename: Marijan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Majin
authors.forename: Bojan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vujin
authors.forename: Pavle
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kovacević
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography