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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec;35(12):3623-3625.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.15085. Epub 2020 Oct 1.

Left ventricular apical thrombi: Silent but terrifying

Gökhan Demirci  1 , Ezgi G Güner  1 , Büşra Çörekcioğlu  1 , Ahmet Güner  1 , Onur Şen  2 , Ali K Kalkan  1 , Gamze B Güler  1
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Case Reports

Left ventricular apical thrombi: Silent but terrifying

Gökhan Demirci et al. J Card Surg. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

We present a case with a large left ventricular (LV) thrombus that presented to the emergency department with dyspnea. Bedside transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a huge hypermobile thrombus with a maximum of 8.6 × 2 cm in size extending to the aortic valve originating from the aneurysmatic apical wall of the LV. Treatment of the patient included complete thrombus resection with aneurysmectomy.

Keywords: aortic valve; computed tomography angiography; echocardiography; myocardial infarction; thrombus.

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