Thrombus in the heart is known to be one of the many sequelae of anterior wall myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation and coagulation disorders. However, biventricular thrombi are relatively rarely found, even in conditions with a high possibility of thrombus formation. We report the case of a 75-year-old-woman with newly diagnosed systolic heart failure secondary to a nonischemic cardiomyopathy, who was found to have large biventricular thrombi. Further coagulopathy work-up revealed that she was heterozygous for the prothrombin 20210G/A and homozygous for the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C/T mutations. We, herein, review and discuss previous case reports and published literature regarding ventricular thrombosis and its treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of biventricular thrombosis with prothrombin 20210G/A and MTHFR 677C/T mutations.
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