Key result
Medical management with heparin infusion followed by oral anticoagulation successfully resolved a non-obstructing mitral annular thrombosis and associated coronary embolism in a 54-year-old woman.
Population
A patient with myocardial infarction caused by coronary embolism due to mechanical mitral valve thrombosis
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support anticoagulation for select non-obstructing mitral annular thrombi; leaves open need for prospective validation before broader adoption.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Corary embolism due to mechanical valve thrombosis is a rare but serious complication that can cause myocardial infarction and can be visualized using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
Bozbay et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Myocardial infarction related to coronary embolism (n=1). Anticoagulation therapy (heparin and warfarin) was evaluated on Resolution of thrombosis. Medical management with heparin infusion followed by oral anticoagulation successfully resolved a non-obstructing mitral annular thrombosis and associated coronary embolism in a 54-year-old woman.
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