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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb 20;4(3):170-174.
doi: 10.1016/j.case.2020.01.007. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Biventricular Thrombi in Substance-Induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Andrew M Jacobson  1 , Jason R Darrah  2
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Case Reports

Biventricular Thrombi in Substance-Induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Andrew M Jacobson et al. CASE (Phila). .
No abstract available

Keywords: Anticoagulation; Biventricular thrombi; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Transthoracic echocardiography.

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Figure 1
Electrocardiogram revealing sinus tachycardia, previously noted anterior Q waves, and nonspecific inferolateral ST- and T-wave abnormalities.
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Figure 2
Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis, coronal view; arrows indicate splenic infarcts.
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Figure 3
TTE, modified apical four-chamber view, revealing large biventricular masses; arrows indicate large thrombi to the left ventricular apex.
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Figure 4
TTE, modified apical four-chamber view; arrows indicate right ventricular thrombi. Contrast enhancement is added to the image on the right.
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Figure 5
cMRI, four-chamber view, delayed contrast images, prolonged T1 time; arrows indicate masses with characteristics consistent with thrombi.
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Figure 6
TTE, modified apical four-chamber view, revealing interval decrease in the size of left ventricular thrombi.
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