The vanishing vast ventricular thrombus

Left Ventricular Thrombus.

Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is a frequent complication in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction (MI) and in those with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The clinical importance of LVT lies in its potential to embolize. The current treatment of patients with acute MI centers on reperfusion, and although controversial, the incidence of LVT complicating acute anterior MI is probably r...

Hyperhomocysteinemia and Left Ventricular Thrombus

© 2017 Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow The Editor, We read with great interest the article – Left ventricular mass: A tumor or a thrombus diagnostic dilemma, describing the narrated differential diagnosis.[1] Left ventricular thrombus formation is commonly observed in patients with myocardial infarction with systolic dysfunction. However, it becomes difficult...

Right ventricular tumor and thrombus.

Hypereosinophilic Cardiac Involvement Presenting With Left Ventricular Massive Thrombus and Cardioembolic Stroke: A Case Report

Introduction: It is well known that the tendency toward thrombosis is increased in cancer patients. The increase in cancer procoagulant and tissue factor levels, endothelial damage, and stasis due to compression are among the most accused causes of thrombosis in cancer patients. Hypereosinophilia is a rare condition that causes endothelial damage leading to thrombosis. <s...

Cardiac thrombus in dilated cardiomyopathy. Relationship between left ventricular pathophysiology and left ventricular thrombus.

The relationship between left ventricular thrombus and left ventricular dynamics in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was studied by echocardiography and postmortem examination. The subjects were 57 patients with DCM, 40 were survival patients examined by echocardiography and 17 were autopsy patients. Systemic or pulmonary embolism occurred in 10 of 57 patients, 4 of 40 survival patients and 6 of 17...