title: Left Ventricular Thrombosis in Ulcerative Colitis.
abstract: Left ventricular thrombi usually occur in the setting of an acute myocardial infarction, left ventricular aneurysm, or dilated cardiomyopathy. In the absence of ventricular wall motion abnormalities, they are rare. This report describes a patient with ulcerative colitis in whom two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a left intraventricular mass. Thrombosis in ulcerative colitis is a serious condition and can occur in a very young population. This case also shows that left ventricular thrombi can occur in the active setting of ulcerative colitis.
authors.affiliation: Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland, Department of Internal Medicine, Pontiac, Mich., USA.
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saleh
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