Right Atrial Thrombus in Transient in a COVID-19 Patient: Clinical Echocardiographic Features-Case Report and Literature Review.
covid-19, Pulmonary Embolism, Right heart failure, Right atrial thrombus
A 54-year-old male is admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia and received prophylactic anticoagulation. On day 8, the patient rapidly deteriorated requiring urgent endotracheal intubation. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed large right atrial thrombus in transient, resulting in pulmonary embolism and severe RV failure; fibrinolytic therapy was not effective and the patient passed away.
Cheikh A Abool Maaly, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Mohamad Yahya Khatib, Hakam Alzaeem