Vol 66, No 7 (2008)
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Case report
Congestive cardiomyopathy and left intraventricular thrombus as a manifestation of Churg-Strauss syndrome

Jerzy Dropiński, Wojciech Szczeklik, Barbara Sokołowska, Magdalena Celińska-Löwenhoff, Mamert Milewski, Andrzej Szczeklik
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.80484
Kardiol Pol 2008;66(7):761-763.

Abstract

A case of a 38-year-old female with symptomatic Churg-Strauss syndrome and congestive cardiomyopathy, complicated by cardiac arrest and left ventricular thrombus formation, is presented. Prompt institution of low molecular weight heparin and steroids resulted in rapid thrombus lysis and improvement of systolic left ventricular function.

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