Author/Authors :
Angelos G. Rigopoulos، نويسنده , , Costas Papadopoulos، نويسنده , , Ignatios Ikonomidis، نويسنده , , Chris Rokkas، نويسنده , , John G. Panagiotides، نويسنده , , Ioannis Rizos، نويسنده , , Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos، نويسنده , , Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A middle-aged male patient with progressive right ventricular heart failure due to pulmonary thromboembolism causing pulmonary hypertension was referred for evaluation of a mobile right ventricular mass. The mass originated from the pulmonary valve and was removed in surgery. Pathological assessment showed that the mass was a thrombus located on the pulmonary valve. Echocardiographic images before surgery as well as images of the removed mass and its histology, are presented to describe this very rare cause of pulmonary thromboembolism.
Keywords :
Pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary valve , thrombus , embolism
