Incidental diagnosis of a large cardiac thrombus swinging through an interatrial communication in a COVID-19 patient: Case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The hypercoagulability state induced by COVID-19 has been well established and various forms of subsequent thromboembolic events have been reported throughout literature including multiple cases of intracardiac thrombi, four of which in our center alone, this case being the fifth.

Case report

We report the case of a 38-year-old male with no prior cardiovascular history who -subsequently to a COVID-19 infection-developped a right atrial thrombosis associated to a pulmonary embolism, and in whom cardiography revealed an interatrial communication. Management relied upon curative doses of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) with favourable outcome.

Discussion

In our discussion, we lay out the various physiopathological mechanisms incriminated throughout liter

SUBMITTER: Berrichi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524807 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature