Incidence and treatment of left ventricular apical thrombosis in Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.
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.
Kurisu
Satoshi
S
Inoue
Ichiro
I
Kawagoe
Takuji
T
Ishihara
Masaharu
M
Shimatani
Yuji
Y
Nakama
Yasuharu
Y
Maruhashi
Tatsuya
T
Kagawa
Eisuke
E
Dai
Kazuoki
K
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*
D000925:Anticoagulants