Huge intracardiac thrombosis in a patient on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Feb;8(2):247-9. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2008.193391. Epub 2008 Nov 13.

Abstract

A young woman suffering from congenital hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) received a transcoronary ablation of the septal hypertrophy (TASH) and an automated Cardioverter/Defibrillator (AICD) for the relief of progressive symptoms of heart failure. She developed an acute heart failure in the perioperative period and had to be put on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Following this the patient developed a nearly complete thrombosis of the left-sided cardiac chambers, despite successful laboratory anticoagulation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / therapy*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / adverse effects*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / drug therapy
  • Heart Diseases / etiology*
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anticoagulants