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Uneventful disappearance of a large left atrial ball thrombus with enoxaparin in a patient with mitral stenosis associated with pregnancy.
Open Cardiovasc Med J
August 2012
Cardiology Department, Hospital de Clínicas, Asunción National University, Division of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias. Cardiovascular Institute. Sanatorio Migone-Battilana. Asunción, Paraguay.
An atrial thrombus is a relatively common echocardiographic finding in patients with mitral valve stenosis (MVS) and atrial fibrillation (AF). However, a "ball thrombus" or floating thrombus in the left atrium is a rare and specific entity associated with MVS. A 24-year-old woman with rheumatic MVS presented with complaints of progressive dyspnea and inferior limbs edema that began 23 days earlier after a caesarean operation for stillbirth carried out at 8 months of pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInhaled salbutamol plus ipratropium in moderate and severe asthma crises in children.
J Asthma
April 2011
Emergency Unit, Emergency Department, Maternity-Children's Hospital, Asunción National University Asunción, Paraguay.
Background: The combination of inhaled β(2) agonists and anticholinergics is recommended for children with acute asthma, although there are few randomized controlled trials. The aim of the study was to determine whether salbutamol plus ipratropium bromide improves oxygenation and lung function and reduces the frequency of hospitalization in children with asthma crises.
Methods: A prospective, randomized, double-blind study of children aged 2-18 years with moderate to severe asthma crises.