title: A unique case of systemic thromboembolism in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We report a case of a 37-year-old woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), after implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), who was admitted to our hospital because of focal infarctions in the right kidney and in the spleen. Echocardiography showed thrombi on the ICD electrode and the presence of patent foramen ovale. Patent foramen ovale was successfully closed by septal occluder. To our knowledge it is the first ever case report of paradoxical thromboembolism in a patient with ARVC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Olgierd
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wozniak
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konka
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Elzbieta K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Biernacka
keywords: arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; thrombus
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references.pmid: 16760233
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