Intracardiac Thrombosis Involving All Four Cardiac Chambers after Extracardiac Membranous Oxygenation Associated with MTHFR Mutations
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 207-209, 2016.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
A 4-month-old boy diagnosed with acute myocarditis was treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Follow-up echocardiography eight hours after ECMO revealed intracardiac thrombosis involving all four heart chambers. Because of the high risk of systemic embolization due to a pedunculated thrombus of the aortic valve, we performed an emergency thrombectomy. After the operation, the patient had a minor neurologic sequela of left upper arm hypertonia, which had almost disappeared at the last outpatient clinic two months later. He was diagnosed with a major mutation in MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase), which is related to thrombosis.
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Main subject:
Aortic Valve
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Oxygen
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Arm
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Thrombosis
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Echocardiography
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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Follow-Up Studies
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Thrombectomy
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)
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Emergencies
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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