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Mobile pedunculated left ventricular masses in a man with recurrent emboli
Rostam Esfandiar Bakhtiari1, Arsalan Khaledifar, Majid Kabiri
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Shahrekord, Iran.
Abstract:
A 51-year-old man was found to have left ventricular masses by transthoracic echocardiography, one attached to the posterior wall of the left ventricle and another attached to the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle. He had several events of systemic embolization over the last few weeks. Surgical excision was recommended to avoid further embolization. The patient underwent successful resection of the left ventricular masses under cardiopulmonary bypass through the left atrial and transverse aortotomy approach. Histopathologic exam was diagnostic for organized thrombi.
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