• Indian heart journal · Sep 2013

    Clinical and echocardiographic diagnosis, follow up and management of right-sided cardiac thrombi.

    • Bishav Mohan, Shibba Takkar Chhabra, Amarpal Gulati, Chander Mohan Mittal, Gaurav Mohan, Rohit Tandon, S Kumbkarni, Naved Aslam, Naresh K Sood, and Gurpreet Singh Wander.
    • Department of Cardiology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Unit Hero DMC Heart Institute, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Electronic address: shibbachhabra@yahoo.com.
    • Indian Heart J. 2013 Sep 1; 65 (5): 529-35.

    BackgroundRight-sided cardiac masses are infrequent and have varied clinical presentation. The present study describes the clinical features, echocardiographic findings and management of 19 patients presenting with right-sided cardiac thrombi in a tertiary care center in north India.MethodsThis is a retrospective, single center observational study of consecutive patients over the period January 2003-2008 admitted in our emergency intensive care unit (EICU). We identified 38 patients with right-sided cardiac masses admitted to EICU diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography of which 19 patients had right-sided thrombus. The echocardiographic findings were reviewed by two cardiologists in all patients. Treatment was not standardized and choice of therapy was based on judgment of attending physician.ResultsThe mean age of patients with cardiac thrombus was 36.6 ± 11.8 years. Right atrial (n = 17) and right ventricle (n = 2) thrombi were associated with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in 7 (36.8%) and pulmonary embolism in 3 (15%) patients. 13 (68.4%) patients appeared to have in situ mural thrombus. 12 patients were managed with oral anticoagulants, 3 patients underwent surgery and 4 patients were thrombolysed. All the survivors had a mean follow-up of 40 ± 6 months (range--18-50 months).ConclusionsPrompt echocardiographic examination in an appropriate clinical setting facilitates faster diagnosis and management of patients with right-sided cardiac thrombi. High incidence of in situ mural thrombus and varied comorbidities predisposing to right-sided cardiac thrombi besides DVT and pulmonary embolism need to be recognized. Oral anticoagulation and thrombolysis appear to be the mainstay of treatment with surgery limited for selected patients.Copyright © 2013. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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