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  • Title: From swirling to a mobile, pedunculated mass--the evolution of left ventricular thrombus despite full anticoagulation. Echocardiographic demonstration.
    Author: Glikson M, Agranat O, Ziskind Z, Kaplinski E, Vered Z.
    Journal: Chest; 1993 Jan; 103(1):281-3. PubMed ID: 8417899.
    Abstract:
    We describe the unusual evolution of a left ventricular thrombus following acute anterior myocardial infarction despite adequate anticoagulation. Serial echocardiographic examinations demonstrated the evolution from swirling in the left ventricle through a solid apical mass gradually dislodging into a mobile, pedunculated mass that was removed surgically to prevent embolization. This report emphasizes the need to follow echocardiographically left ventricular thrombi during treatment with anticoagulants, and to identify morphologic changes that may predict embolization. This case suggests that left ventricular thrombectomy should be considered in selected patients in whom a very high-risk thrombus morphology is detected.
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