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Two cases of acute myocarditis with multiple intracardiac thrombi: The role of hypercoagulable states
Halil Atas1, Fuad Samadov1, Murat Sunbul1, Altug Cincin1, Kenan Delil2, Bulent Mutlu1
1 Department of Cardiology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Medical Genetics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Murat Sunbul
Marmara Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Kardiyoloji Anabilimdali Kadiköy, Istanbul
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.132143
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In acute myocarditis, thrombus formation is an important prognostic factor. Early diagnosis and treatment of intracardiac thrombus is critical, especially when there are multiple thrombi. When a patient presents with multiple cardiac thrombi not only cardiac disorders, but other diseases such as malignancies, rheumatologic disorders and thrombophilia must be considered in the differential diagnosis. Although the presence of hypercoagulable states does not generally affect the treatment choice, it may have an impact on continuation and duration of the anticoagulant therapy. In this paper, we present two cases of acute myocarditis with multiple intracardiac thrombi. Additionally, these cases had hypercoagulable states which might have contributed to the thrombus formation. |
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