Trilogy of Fallot With a Large Right Atrial Thrombus: A Case Report
Trilogy of Fallot is a rare congenital heart disease consisting of pulmonary stenosis, right-to-left interatrial shunt, and right ventricular hypertrophy. It can lead to complications such as thrombus formation as a result of chronic hypoxia leading to erythrocytosis and hyperviscosity, and paradoxical embolisms due to the right-to-left interatrial shunt. This report illustrates a case of a young man who presented with cyanosis and right heart failure with a history of recurrent episodes of transient ischemic attacks. He was found to have Trilogy of Fallot with a large right atrial thrombus. He showed significant improvement following treatment with low molecular weight heparin and thereafter undergoing balloon pulmonary valvotomy.
Authors
- Pranjit Deb
- Ramachandra Barik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1965-8454)
- Debasis Panda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-6665)
- Sindhu Rao Malla
- Debasis Acharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2702-4446)
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.79395
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00