Left atrial thrombosis after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty:: Resolution with conservative management

被引:2
作者
Roldán, FJ [1 ]
Vargas-Barrón, J [1 ]
Ríos, MAM [1 ]
Espinola-Zavaleta, N [1 ]
Keirns, C [1 ]
Romero-Cárdenas, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Nacl Cardiol Ignaci Chavez, Dept Echocardiog, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
来源
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES | 2000年 / 17卷 / 01期
关键词
mitral percutaneous valvuloplasty; atrial thrombosis; transesophageal echocardiography; anticoagulation;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb00992.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We report the detection of a thrombus 72 hours after mitral valvuloplasty through the use of the technique of Inoue. Images obtained by transesophageal echocardiography revealed its localization on the interatrial septum at the level of the transseptal puncture. Although the patient subsequently underwent surgery for the placement of a prosthetic valve in mitral position due to failure of the valvuloplasty, the thrombus resolved with conservative management.
引用
收藏
页码:41 / 43
页数:3
相关论文
共 6 条
[1]   A serious complication of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: Systemic embolism. How can we decrease it? [J].
Demirtas, M ;
Usal, A ;
Birand, A ;
Can, M ;
Batyraliev, T ;
Niyazova, Z .
ANGIOLOGY, 1996, 47 (03) :285-289
[2]   SYSTEMIC EMBOLISM AS A COMPLICATION OF PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY [J].
DROBINSKI, G ;
MONTALESCOT, G ;
EVANS, J ;
NIVET, M ;
THOMAS, D ;
GROSGOGEAT, Y .
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS, 1992, 25 (04) :327-330
[3]   Right atrial thrombus complicating mitral valvuloplasty [J].
Konecky, N ;
Rosenzweig, BP ;
Katz, ES ;
Kronzon, I .
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL, 1996, 132 (04) :893-894
[4]   TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TO DETECT ATRIAL CLOTS IN CANDIDATES FOR PERCUTANEOUS TRANSSEPTAL MITRAL BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY [J].
KRONZON, I ;
TUNICK, PA ;
GLASSMAN, E ;
SLATER, J ;
SCHWINGER, M ;
FREEDBERG, RS .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 1990, 16 (05) :1320-1322
[5]   DEVELOPMENT OF LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS FOLLOWING ATTEMPTED PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY [J].
LEE, KS ;
TUZCU, EM ;
ELLIOT, JM ;
GRIFFIN, BP .
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS, 1994, 33 (04) :345-348
[6]  
WILKINS GT, 1988, BRIT HEART J, V60, P299