Cardiovascular System

Heart - Thrombus

    Narrative
    Heart, Atrium - Thrombus in a male Swiss Webster mouse from a chronic study. A thrombus is present in the right atrium (arrow).
    Heart, Atrium - Thrombus in a male Swiss Webster mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). Multiple layers of fibrin, erythrocytes, and scattered inflammatory cells (arrows) comprise this right atrial thrombus.
    Heart, Atrium - Thrombus in a male Swiss Webster mouse from a chronic study. A large thrombus with two foci of mineral fills the left atrium (arrow).
    Heart, Atrium - Thrombus in a male Swiss Webster mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). This thrombus in the left atrium (arrows) has two dark, basophilic areas of mineral (arrowheads).

    Authors:

    Crystal L. Johnson, DVM, DACVP
    Veterinary Pathologist II
    Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Abraham Nyska, DVM, Diplomate ECVP, Fellow IATP
    Expert in Toxicologic Pathology
    Visiting Full Professor of Pathology
    Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Timrat Israel

    Reviewers:

    Brian Berridge, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Director, WW Animal Research Strategy
    GlaxoSmithKline R&D
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Mark F. Cesta, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Staff Scientist, NTP Pathologist
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    Division of the National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC