Severe disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by congestive heart failure and left ventricular thrombus.

作者信息

Chen Kuo-Tai, Lin Hung-Jung, Lee Wei-Jing

机构信息

Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, No. 901 Chung Hwa Road, Yung Kang, Tainan 710, Taiwan.

出版信息

Eur J Emerg Med. 2007 Apr;14(2):87-9. doi: 10.1097/01.mej.0000224421.90702.56.

We present a patient who visited emergency department owing to the skin manifestation of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Recent anterior myocardial infarction induced congestive heart failure and left ventricular thrombus, which were considered to be the cause of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Anticoagulant therapy with heparin and warfarin was used successfully to treat the disseminated intravascular coagulation and left ventricular thrombus.