Large tricuspid valve thrombus complicating COVID-19 pneumonia.
J Card Surg
; 37(10): 3417-3420, 2022 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1937964
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Hemostatic disturbances with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can predispose to tricuspid and right heart thrombi in very rare instances.AIM:
We describe a 29-year-old female patient without a previous cause of thrombosis who developed large tricuspid valve thrombus (TVT) and moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) during the course of COVID-19 infection. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Persistant fever and tachycardia with thrombocytopenia and high d-dimer increased the index of suspicion. The diagnosis was made by bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Surgery was performed for thrombectomy and tricuspid valve replacement with a tissue valve. DISCUSSION ANDCONCLUSION:
Detection of TVT in COVID-19 patients on the basis of high index of suspicion, bedside TTE and noninvasive CMR helps early surgical treatment and subsequent reduction of mortality and hospital stay.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Thrombosis
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Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency
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Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Card Surg
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jocs.16761
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