Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Sinan Cersit

Publications

• Case Report
  Biventricular and Left Atrial Free Floating Thrombi in a Patient Diagnosed with Fulminant Myocarditis Managed with Thrombectomy and Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
  Author(s): Macit Kalçik, Mahmut Yesin, M.Ozan Gursoy, Lutfi Ocal, Sinan Cersit and Mehmet OzkanMacit Kalçik, Mahmut Yesin, M.Ozan Gursoy, Lutfi Ocal, Sinan Cersit and Mehmet Ozkan
  
  The majority of acute viral myocarditis cases are subclinical and self-limiting in both adults and children. However, acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) has a fatal course due to the rapid development into acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock or serious arrhythmias. Cardiac thrombus formation is an important factor affecting the prognosis of these patients. We present a patient who was diagnosed as AFM with multiple free floating intracardiac thrombi and aimed to explore the clinical characteristics and the treatment of AFM... Read More»
  

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