title: Vascular purpura revealing a severe dilated cardiomyopathy with left ventricular apical thrombus.
abstract: We present a case of vascular purpura revealing an intra-cardiac left-sided thrombus complicating an end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy. Vascular purpura main etiologies encompass the wide specturm of vasculitides and microvascular-occlusion syndromes. Among them, cardiac embolism represents an unusal but potentially severe etology.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation médicale, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: Aurélien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seemann
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Prost
authors.forename: Marie-Thérèse
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Paoletti
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sbidian
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brun-Buisson
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valeyrie-Allanore