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| Issue : 3 | Page : 101-103 |
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Left ventricular outflow tract thrombus in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: An atypical location
Mohammed Baba Abdulkadir1, Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim2, Folake Moriliat Afolayan2, Olanrewaju Timothy Adedoyin1
1 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
2 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Mohammed Baba Abdulkadir
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_46_16
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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) may be associated with formation of intracardiac thrombi which may embolize and result in life-threatening complications. We present a 19-month-old female child with DCM who presented with a right hemispheric cerebrovascular accident. Urgent echocardiography revealed poor left ventricular systolic function and a thrombus attached to the interventricular septum along the left ventricular outflow tract. There was resolution of the thrombus following the use of warfarin. |
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