Free floating thrombus exiting the left ventricle.
A 75-year-old man with a history of previous myocardial infarction underwent two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography as part of a routine follow-up evaluation. During the examination, a free-floating thrombus was identified in the left ventricular (LV) cavity. After a number of cardiac cycles, the thrombus suddenly flowed free out of the LV outflow tract into the aorta.
Kim
Hyungseop
H
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, 194, Dongsan-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-712, Republic of Korea. khyungseop@dsmc.or.kr
Cho
Yun-Kyeong
YK
Nam
Chang-Wook
CW
Hur
Seung-Ho
SH
D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography