TY - JOUR
TI - Rapid normalization of vasculitis-induced left ventricular dysfunction related with multiple cardiac thrombi
AU - Ikonomidis, I.
AU - Ntai, K.
AU - Parissis, J.
AU - Palios, J.
AU - Vrettou, A.-R.
AU - Paraskevaidis, I.
AU - Lekakis, J.
JO - Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
PY - 2015
VL - 40
TODO - 3
SP - 395-399
PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers
SN - 0929-5305
TODO - 10.1007/s11239-014-1163-5
TODO - C reactive protein;  cyclophosphamide;  D dimer;  gadolinium;  steroid;  troponin;  warfarin;  cyclophosphamide, adult;  Article;  case report;  Churg Strauss syndrome;  contrast enhancement;  disease severity;  drug response;  echocardiography;  eosinophilia;  female;  heart left ventricle failure;  heart right atrium;  heart tumor;  human;  intracardiac thrombosis;  lung edema;  nuclear magnetic resonance imaging;  priority journal;  transthoracic echocardiography;  Churg-Strauss Syndrome;  complication;  coronary angiography;  ethnology;  heart atrium;  heart left ventricle function;  magnetic resonance angiography;  procedures;  radiography;  thrombosis, Adult;  Churg-Strauss Syndrome;  Coronary Angiography;  Cyclophosphamide;  Female;  Heart Atria;  Humans;  Magnetic Resonance Angiography;  Thrombosis;  Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
TODO - We present a young female patient admitted in the emergency department with pulmonary edema, severely impaired left ventricular function, and simultaneous intracardiac thrombi in left and right ventricle as well as in right atrium, at echocardiography. A magnetic resonance tomography showed excess myocardial tissue edema and diffuse gadolinium enhancement. Blood analysis showed an elevated eosinophils count. The patient showed a rapid normalization of left ventricular function as well as resolution of intracardiac thrombi and myocardial tissue edema 3 months after proper treatment with cyclophosphamide and steroids for Churg–Strauss syndrome. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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