PEDUNCULATED THROMBUS OCCLUDING THE LEFT AURICLE

[Mass thrombus of the left auricle].

Pedunculated left ventricular thrombus--report of two cases.

In two patients presenting with myocardial infarction, one with a subendocardial infarction and the second patient with a classic Q wave infarction, pedunculated left ventricular thrombi were detected in the course of subsequent routine cardiac catheterization. Both patients underwent successful surgical thrombectomy.

Angiomyxoma of the Left Auricle

Primary tumours of the heart are uncommon. Various authors estimated their frequency at autopsy as follows: Rand and Sachs (1943), o.5 per cent.; Straus and Merliss (I945), 0.0017 per cent.; Lymburner (1934), o.6I per cent. About three-quarters are benign and about half of the benign tumours are the so-called myxomas. Approximately 70 per cent. of these myxomas arise in the left auricle in the ...

A Pedunculated Left Ventricular Thrombus in a Women with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Evaluation by Three Dimensional Echocardiography

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a cardiac condition characterized by development of heart failure during the last month of pregnancy or during the first five months of post partum period without any other identifiable cause of heart failure. The hypercoagulable state in the pregnancy along with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction predisposes the patient to thromboembolic complications like ...

Giant pedunculated thrombus with normal left ventricular systolic function mimicking myxoma.

A 74-year-old woman with a history of essential thrombocythemia was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit because of atypical chest pain. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed normal left ventricular (LV) diameter and preserved regional and global systolic function. A pedunculated mobile mass measuring 25 mm × 14 mm was visualized in the LV cavity, attached to the midanterior wall. Because of th...