title: Biventricular thrombosis in a structurally normal heart at high altitude.
abstract: We present a rare case of biventricular thrombus in a young patient with a structurally normal heart at high altitude, complicated with pulmonary embolism. Detailed evaluation revealed him to have protein S deficiency. Altered environmental conditions at high altitude associated with protein S deficiency resulted in thrombus formation at an unusual location; the same is discussed in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, MH (CTC), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Susheel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malani
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, MH (CTC), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Davinder
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chadha
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Command Hospital, Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Anup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*