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Foreign-Body Migration/diagnostic imaging , Foreign-Body Migration/surgery , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/diagnostic imaging , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/etiology , Septal Occluder Device/adverse effects , Cardiac Catheterization/adverse effects , Echocardiography , Female , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/surgery , Humans , Middle Aged , Prosthesis Design , Prosthesis FailureSubject(s)
Heart Valve Prosthesis/adverse effects , Thrombectomy , Thrombolytic Therapy , Thrombosis/etiology , Thrombosis/surgery , Tricuspid Valve/surgery , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging , Thrombosis/drug therapy , Treatment Failure , Tricuspid Valve/diagnostic imaging , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
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Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Thrombectomy/methods , Fibrinolysis , Thrombosis/complications , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/complications , Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/diagnosisABSTRACT
Presentamos el caso de un varón de 18 años sometido a los tres años de vida a la intervención de Fontan por atresia tricuspídea, que ingresó en nuestro servicio de Cardiología por descompensación de insuficiencia cardíaca. Tras estudio exhaustivo se diagnosticó de tromboembolismo pulmonar masivo pese a estar anticoagulado. Hemos realizado una búsqueda bibliográfica de casos similares y aportamos nuestra opinión sobre las recomendaciones sobre anticoagulación en estos pacientes
We present the case of a 18 years-old male subjected to at the age of three years old to the Fontan operation for tricuspid atresia, that entered in our Cardiology Unit for descompensated heart failure. After exhaustive study, a massive pulmonary thromboembolism was diagnosed in spite of the patient was treated with anticoagulant drugs previously. We have carried out a bibliographical search of similar cases and we contribute our opinion on the recommendations about anticoagulation in these patients