Right Atrial Thrombus in a COVID-19 Child Treated Through Cardiac Surgery

Hamid Bigdelian; Mohsen Sedighi; Mohammad Reza Sabri; Bahar Dehghan; Zahra Pourmoghaddas; Rana Saleh; Alireza Sherafat; Gholamreza Massoumi; Mohammad Kazem Rezaei; Masoud Shahbazi

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2020.579522

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Nov 2020)

Right Atrial Thrombus in a COVID-19 Child Treated Through Cardiac Surgery

Hamid Bigdelian,
Mohsen Sedighi,
Mohammad Reza Sabri,
Bahar Dehghan,
Zahra Pourmoghaddas,
Rana Saleh,
Alireza Sherafat,
Gholamreza Massoumi,
Mohammad Kazem Rezaei,
Masoud Shahbazi

Affiliations

Hamid Bigdelian: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Mohsen Sedighi: Neuroscience Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Reza Sabri: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Bahar Dehghan: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Zahra Pourmoghaddas: Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Rana Saleh: Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Alireza Sherafat: School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
Gholamreza Massoumi: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Mohammad Kazem Rezaei: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Masoud Shahbazi: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2020.579522
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7

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We herein report a case of large intracardiac thrombus in a child with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19). The diagnosis of COVID-19 was confirmed through HRCT and RT-PCR. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large thrombus in the right atrium treated successfully via cardiac surgery. The underlying mechanisms of this thrombus in the COVID-19 infection may be attributed to the hypercoagulation and inflammatory condition incurred by the COVID-19 virus.

Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ISSN: 2297-055X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine

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