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http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.3.139

A PEDUNCULATED LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS IN A WOMEN WITH PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY: EVALUATION BY THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY  

Kharwar, Rajiv Bharat (Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University)
Chandra, Sharad (Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University)
Dwivedi, Sudhanshu Kumar (Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University)
Saran, Ram Kirti (Department of Cardiology, King Georges' Medical University)
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Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / v.22, no.3, 2014 , pp. 139-143 More about this Journal
Abstract
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a cardiac condition characterized by development of heart failure during the last month of pregnancy or during the first five months of post partum period without any other identifiable cause of heart failure. The hypercoagulable state in the pregnancy along with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction predisposes the patient to thromboembolic complications like intraventricular thrombi. We report a case of a 30-year-old female with peripartum cardiomyopathy along with a highly mobile mass in the LV cavity on two dimensional echocardiography. Three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography clearly showed the pedicle of the mass attached to the interventricular septum along with internal echolucent areas within the mass. Due to denial of the patient to undergo surgery, she was started on oral anticoagulation, with complete dissolution of the mass within one month.
Keywords
Three dimensional echocardiography; Pedunculated; Left ventricular thrombus; Peripartum cardiomyopathy;
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