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Left ventricular apical thrombi: Silent but terrifying
Author(s) -
Demirci Gökhan,
Güner Ezgi G.,
Çörekcioğlu Büşra,
Güner Ahmet,
Şen Onur,
Kalkan Ali K.,
Güler Gamze B.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15085
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , cardiology , resection , left ventricular thrombus , aortic valve , emergency department , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
We present a case with a large left ventricular (LV) thrombus that presented to the emergency department with dyspnea. Bedside transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a huge hypermobile thrombus with a maximum of 8.6 × 2 cm in size extending to the aortic valve originating from the aneurysmatic apical wall of the LV. Treatment of the patient included complete thrombus resection with aneurysmectomy.