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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
Giant Left Ventricular Thrombus Rapidly Developing in an Extremely Short Period of Time in a Patient With Severe
Shun Kawamoto1, Naoyuki Otani2, Satoshi Mizuguchi3
1Department of Emergency and General Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Nikko, JPN.
Abstract:
Although left ventricular thrombi (LVTs) are closely related to the prognosis of patients with systolic dysfunction, anticoagulation therapy is not recommended for the primary prevention of LVTs in patients with sinus rhythm heart failure. We report a case of a patient with systolic dysfunction who developed a giant LVT in an extremely short period of time (one month) after an infection. The LVT led to acute limb ischemia, gangrene, and death. Additionally, we incidentally detected pulmonary thrombosis in this patient.

