A Sticky Situation: Aortic Valve Thrombus in Patient with Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome and Immune Thrombocytopenia

Am J Med. 2020 Aug;133(8):e393-e395. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.12.040. Epub 2020 Jan 25.

Authors

Deepthi Sudhakar¹, Hassan Kamran², Nan Chen², Martha Mims³, Ihab Hamzeh³

Affiliations

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: deepthi.sudhakar@bcm.edu.
² Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
³ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Tex.

PMID: 31987800
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.12.040

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / therapy
Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
Benzoates / therapeutic use
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Bioprosthesis
Chest Pain / etiology
Craniotomy
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Enoxaparin / therapeutic use
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Hematoma, Subdural, Acute / chemically induced
Humans
Hydrazines / therapeutic use
Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
Plasma Exchange
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / complications*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / therapy
Pyrazoles / therapeutic use
Recurrence
Rituximab / therapeutic use
Stroke Volume
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / drug therapy
Thrombosis / etiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anticoagulants
Benzoates
Enoxaparin
Hydrazines
Immunologic Factors
Pyrazoles
Rituximab
Warfarin
eltrombopag