Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Thrombus in a Child with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: An Atypical Location

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) may be associated with formation of intracardiac thrombi which may embolize and result in life-threatening complications. We present a 19-month-old female child with DCM who presented with a right hemispheric cerebrovascular accident. Urgent echocardiography revealed poo...

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Published inJournal of cardiovascular echography Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 101 - 103
Main Authors Abdulkadir, Mohammed Baba, Ibrahim, Olayinka Rasheed, Afolayan, Folake Moriliat, Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 01.07.2017
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Case Report
Cerebrovascular accident
thrombus
left ventricle
dilated cardiomyopathy
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Summary:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) may be associated with formation of intracardiac thrombi which may embolize and result in life-threatening complications. We present a 19-month-old female child with DCM who presented with a right hemispheric cerebrovascular accident. Urgent echocardiography revealed poor left ventricular systolic function and a thrombus attached to the interventricular septum along the left ventricular outflow tract. There was resolution of the thrombus following the use of warfarin.
ISSN:2211-4122
2347-193X
DOI:10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_46_16