Abstract
We report a 30-year old, previously healthy, Ghanese woman admitted with sudden onset of dyspnoe, hemoptoe and right-sided chest pain due to endomyocardial fibrosis with secondary pulmonary emboli Coronary angiography revealed a myocardial "blush". This finding may focus attention to the presence of mural thrombus that may have diagnostic and therapeutic consequences.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
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Biopsy
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Coronary Angiography
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Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
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Coronary Vessels / pathology*
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Echocardiography
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Endomyocardial Fibrosis / complications*
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Endomyocardial Fibrosis / diagnosis
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Heart Diseases / complications
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Heart Diseases / diagnosis
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Heart Diseases / drug therapy
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Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Ventricles / pathology*
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Humans
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Neovascularization, Pathologic / diagnosis
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Neovascularization, Pathologic / etiology*
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Pulmonary Embolism / complications
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Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
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Thrombosis / complications*
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Thrombosis / diagnosis
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Thrombosis / drug therapy