[Left ventricular thrombus in early phase after myocardial infarction. Risk and treatment methods based on an observed case].
A 55-year-old man was admitted to our Department four weeks after anterior myocardial infarction. A large, mobile thrombus was diagnosed on echocardiography. On the third day of hospitalization systemic arterial embolism with left femoral artery localization occurred. The embolus was removed surgically. During 3-month follow-up the patient received anticoagulant therapy with complete resolution of ventricular thrombus. Therapeutic options in this case are discussed.
Nowosad
Halina
H
Klinika Chirurgii Serca AM, Wrocław, Poland.
Derkacz
Arkadiusz
A
Staniszewska-Marszałek
Edyta
E
Nowicki
Przemysław
P
Stupiński
Wojciech
W
Kustrzycki
Wojciech
W
D004452:Echocardiography; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*