title: Incidence and treatment of left ventricular apical thrombosis in Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Among 95 patients with Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, left ventricular (LV) apical thrombus was documented in 5 (5.3%) patients. The thrombus was mural in 2 (40%), and protruding in 3 (60%) patients. In 4 patients, LV apical thrombus disappeared after anticoagulant therapy. In one patient with protruding thrombus, brain infarction occurred. LV dysfunction was resolved during follow-up in all patients.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurisu
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawagoe
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimatani
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakama
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maruhashi
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: Kazuoki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants