Left ventricular aneurysmectomy after myocardial infarction following detection of left ventricular thrombosis by magnetic resonance imaging.
A 54-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction presented with recurrent transient ischemic attacks 7 yr after the acute event. The emboli originated from a left ventricular thrombus despite adequate oral anticoagulant therapy. The thrombus was best detected with magnetic resonance imaging and had to be removed by surgery.
Lalisang
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RR
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
Baur
L H
LH
van der Wall
E E
EE
de Roos
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A
Bruschke
A V
AV
D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology