Incidental diagnosis of a left ventricular thrombus through novel magnetic resonance imaging technique in a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
Stroke after cardiac surgery is a devastating complication. We report a case of incidental diagnosis of a left ventricular thrombus in a patient scheduled to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting. The preoperative diagnosis of an apical left ventricular thrombus was assessed by a novel, whole body MRI-angiography technique (TIMRA), which led to alteration of the operative approach as an additional thrombectomy was performed through an apical left ventriculotomy.
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Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany. jostdominik@gmx.de
Scheule
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Fenchel
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Miller
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Ziemer
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery