Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the complex interdisciplinary management and anticoagulation challenges in a patient with single-ventricle physiology presenting with thromboembolism.
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Supports vigilant interdisciplinary management of thromboembolism in Fontan patients; leaves open optimal anticoagulation protocols.
A 27-year-old man with double-outlet right ventricle, status post-Fontan operation, presented with acute stroke after recent diagnosis of a right ventricular thrombus. While hospitalized, he developed worsening hypoxemia secondary to a pulmonary embolism. This case highlights interdisciplinary management of patients with single-ventricle physiology and anticoagulation in Fontan patients.
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Bhargava et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Double-outlet right ventricle, Fontan physiology, thromboembolism (n=1). Aspiration thrombectomy and anticoagulation was evaluated on Clinical recovery and resolution of hypoxemia.
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