Cardiac thrombus despite anticoagulation in a 76-year-old man
A 76-year-old man on dabigatran for rate-controlled atrial fibrillation had follow-up transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) after bioprosthetic valve replacements. An echogenic, nonmobile mass (3.8 × 1.5 cm) in the left atrium was identified, which appeared to be attached adjacent to the pulmonary
Authors
- Roy Khalifé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3401-4086)
- Yan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7429-4724)
- Kevin E. Boczar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9449-9372)
- Harry Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5969-8827)
Institutions
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology (AE)
- Khalili Hospital (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.250697
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00