Left ventricular outflow tract thrombus in a patient with COVID-19-a ticking time bomb: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which results in many different complications including left ventricular (LV) thrombi.

Case summary

We present a 30-year-old female presenting with chest pain and shortness of breath. Patient had an extensive history including heart failure with an ejection fraction 15-20% and COVID-19 2 months ago. Echocardiogram revealed a 3.3 cm ×  1.7 cm LV thrombus which was not present 4 months ago before her diagnosis of COVID-19. The LV thrombus embolized resulting in an embolus extending from the distal infrarenal abdominal aorta to the common iliac arteries bilaterally. Repeat COVID pre-procedure was positive. She underwent bilateral femoral artery cutdown, bilatera

SUBMITTER: Muhammadzai HZU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9113322 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature