title: Surgical removal of left ventricular ball-like thrombus following large transmural acute myocardial infarction using the infarction exclusion technique: David-Komeda procedure.
abstract: A 61-year-old man, who had suffered congestive heart failure following a large transmural acute myocardial infarction (AMI) of the anterior wall, developed a mobile ball-like thrombus in the left ventricle (LV). On the third day after onset of AMI, when the patient had recovered slightly from congestive heart failure, we performed coronary artery bypass grafting and LV thrombectomy, then the fragile LV wall was successfully repaired using the infarction exclusion technique (David-Komeda procedure).
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miki City Hospital, Miki, Japan. m-hiroya@muse.ocn.ne.jp
authors: Hiroya
authors: H
authors: Minami
authors: Tatsuro
authors: T
authors: Asada
authors: Kunio
authors: K
authors: Gan
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*