Why the study?
Right heart thrombi lodged in the right cardiac chambers from deep venous thrombosis carry a poor prognosis and a very high mortality rate.
This case report describes a rare presentation of concomitant in-situ and in-transit right heart thrombi.
Raises awareness of rare concomitant right heart thrombi; extends case literature but leaves management questions open.
Right heart thrombi can form in situ or lodge in the right cardiac chambers, originating from deep venous thrombosis. The latter carries a poor prognosis, taking into account the very high mortality rate. We herein report a case of an 83-year-old man who developed thrombus in the inferior vena cava that extended up to the right atrium, along with two distinct masses attached to the right ventricle wall.
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