Witnessed massive pulmonary thromboembolism and dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
The authors describe a patient with a floating thrombus in the right heart that migrated into the pulmonary artery, causing on-site massive pulmonary thromboembolism during echocardiography and systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral leaflet resulting in significant dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Reduced pulmonary circulation due to pulmonary embolism and decreased systemic circulation associated with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction resulted in a fatal outcome.
Sohn
Il-Suk
IS
Department of Cardiology, Kyunghee East-West Neo Medical Center, Gangdong-Gu, Seoul, Korea. issohn89@hanmail.net
Kim
Jong-Nim
JN
Cho
Jin-Man
JM
Kim
Chong-Jin
CJ
Lee
Jae-Jin
JJ
D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*