Disseminated intravascular and intracardiac thrombosis after cardiopulmonary bypass

Abstract

Massive intracardiac and intravascular thrombosis is a rare complication following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Most of the cases of the disseminated thrombosis have been reported in patients undergoing complex cardiac surgeries and those receiving antifibrinolytic agents during CPB. We report the occurrence of disseminated intravascular and intracardiac thrombosis after CPB in a patient undergoing mitral valve replacement in which no antifibrinolytic agent was used. The possible pathophysiology and management of the patient is discussed.

Keywords

• Cardiopulmonary bypass
• intracardiac
• intravascular
• protamine
• thrombosis
• thrombosis