Left ventricular apical thrombi: Silent but terrifying.
Gökhan DemirciEzgi G GünerBüşra ÇörekcioğluAhmet GunerOnur ŞenAli K KalkanGamze B GülerPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
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.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- emergency department
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- heart failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- case report
- palliative care
- acute coronary syndrome
- advanced cancer