Traveling Thrombus in the Right Atrium: Is It the Final Destination?

Maneesh Bhargava; Erhan Dincer

doi:10.1155/2012/378282

Case Reports in Pulmonology (Jan 2012)

Traveling Thrombus in the Right Atrium: Is It the Final Destination?

Maneesh Bhargava,
Erhan Dincer

Affiliations

Maneesh Bhargava: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, USA
Erhan Dincer: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/378282
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Right heart thrombus is rare in structurally normal heart. Here, we report a 74-year-old man with a right atrial thrombus who presented with shortness of breath.

Published in Case Reports in Pulmonology

ISSN: 2090-6846 (Print); 2090-6854 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9796

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