Oishi Gaku, Hodatsu Akihiko, Mori Mika, Fujioka Kensuke, Hayashi Kenshi, Konno Tetsuo, Kawashiri Masa-Aki, Yamagishi Masakazu
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan.
J Cardiol Cases. 2012 Jan 12;5(3):e160-e162. doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.12.001. eCollection 2012 Jun.
We report an unusual case with giant left atrial thrombus which disappeared soon after starting anticoagulation without evidence of further systemic embolism. A 75-year-old female with non-valvular atrial fibrillation suddenly complained of pain of her right arm and left leg. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed occlusion of right brachial and left popliteal arteries. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed a low echoic thrombus attached to the left atrial appendage. She was administered sufficient heparin to maintain activated partial thromboplastin time for 70-90 s. Forty-eight hours later when she was subject to surgical thrombectomy, the thrombus was found to have completely disappeared by TEE without further systemic embolization. This case provides information regarding variability of time for anticoagulation-related resolution of left atrial thrombus associated with atrial fibrillation.
我们报告了一例罕见的巨大左心房血栓病例,该血栓在开始抗凝治疗后很快消失,且无进一步系统性栓塞的证据。一名75岁非瓣膜性心房颤动女性突然抱怨右臂和左腿疼痛。增强计算机断层扫描显示右肱动脉和左腘动脉闭塞。经食管超声心动图(TEE)显示左心耳附着有低回声血栓。给予她足够的肝素以维持活化部分凝血活酶时间在70 - 90秒。48小时后,当她接受手术取栓时,TEE发现血栓已完全消失,且无进一步的系统性栓塞。该病例提供了与心房颤动相关的左心房血栓抗凝相关溶解时间变异性的信息。