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[Cardiac thyrotoxicosis and left ventricular thrombosis, a case report].
- Source :
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Dakar medical [Dakar Med] 1998; Vol. 43 (2), pp. 243-4. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Authors report about a left ventricular thrombus as a complication of thyrotoxic heart disease, on a 45 years old woman. Clinical state featured signs of thyrotoxicosis, global cardiac failure and hypertension. The electrocardiogram showed a left axis deviation, the chest X-ray a cardiac enlargement (cardio-thoracic index = 0.55) on behalf of left movement of heart walls and severe left ventricule dysfunction (Ejection fraction about 18%). This exam also found a big thrombus at he left ventricule apex. The treatment disappearance of the thrombosis and improvement of cardiac failure signs and echographic parameters. Authors discuss circumstances leading to thrombosis in thyrotoxic heart disease, and the usefulness of anticoagulant drug therapy.
- Subjects :
- Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Graves Disease diagnosis
Graves Disease drug therapy
Heart Failure diagnosis
Heart Failure drug therapy
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Hypertension diagnosis
Hypertension drug therapy
Middle Aged
Stroke Volume
Thrombosis diagnosis
Thrombosis drug therapy
Thyrotoxicosis diagnosis
Thyrotoxicosis drug therapy
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left drug therapy
Graves Disease complications
Heart Failure complications
Hypertension complications
Thrombosis etiology
Thyrotoxicosis complications
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 0049-1101
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Dakar medical
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10797974