Left Ventricular Thrombosis Due to Acquired Protein C Deficiency Diagnosed by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography.
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by International Heart Journal (Japanese Heart Journal) in Japanese Heart Journal
- Vol. 33 (2) , 253-258
- https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.33.253
Abstract
We present a patient with left ventricular thrombus diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. Thrombosis was due to acquired transient protein C deficiency which was caused by impaired liver function due to hepatitis, sepsis and heart failure. With proper treatment the thrombus disappeared on the fourth day. Eighteen weeks later the protein C level returned to normal. We recommend echocardiographic evaluation and follow-up of suspected cases for intracardiac thrombus. The measurement of protein C level in such cases is proposed. This is the first case with left-sided cardiac thrombus associated with protein C deficiency in the medical literature.Keywords
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