Undefined hypercoaguable state associated with massive right ventricular thrombus and embolism in a previously healthy 17-year-old male

Suraj Maraj; Enakshi Bajpai; Guillermo Crespo; Kokila Doshi; Nicholas Langan; Larry E Jacobs; Morris N Kotler

doi:10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03075.x

Undefined hypercoaguable state associated with massive right ventricular thrombus and embolism in a previously healthy 17-year-old male

Echocardiography. 2003 Jul;20(5):439-42. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03075.x.

Authors

Suraj Maraj¹, Enakshi Bajpai, Guillermo Crespo, Kokila Doshi, Nicholas Langan, Larry E Jacobs, Morris N Kotler

Affiliation

¹ Echocardiography Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.

PMID: 12848864
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03075.x

Abstract

A right ventricular thrombus (RVT) is an unusual finding on echocardiography. We describe a healthy young male patient who developed RVT with subsequent pulmonary embolism (PE), the etiology of which remains uncertain.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Echocardiography*
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Diseases / etiology*
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
Thrombophilia / complications*
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Thrombosis / etiology*