Multimodality imaging in COVID19 patient with large mobile RV thrombus protruding into the pulmonary trunk with bilateral pulmonary embolism.

ABSTRACT: Inflammation related to coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 can promote a pro-thrombotic process and subsequent thrombosis. We report a confirmed COVID-19 case in a 51-year-old patient who presented with chest pain and severe hypoxemia. Although the right heart chambers are unusual locations for a thrombus, an echocardiogram demonstrated a large mobile right ventricular thrombus protruding into the right ventricle outflow tract. A computed tomography angiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance image showed the extension of the thrombus into the pulmonary trunk. A continuous intravenous unfractionated heparin infusion resulted in a dramatic clinical and echocardiographic improvement. <Learning objective: With COVID-19 infection, the thrombus phenomenon is becoming more common. Since thromboe

SUBMITTER: Abohamr SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426289 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature