Unusual Site of Left Ventricular Thrombus after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Left ventricular (LV) thrombus formation is a frequent complication in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction (MI). Its incidence is lower with inferior wall MI. Risk factors for the development of LV thrombus are consistently irrespective of infarct treatment and include large infarct s...

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Autores principales: Ali, Amjad, Vijaykumar, J. R., Manjunath, Cholenahally N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28465941
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2211-4122.166081
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Sumario:Left ventricular (LV) thrombus formation is a frequent complication in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction (MI). Its incidence is lower with inferior wall MI. Risk factors for the development of LV thrombus are consistently irrespective of infarct treatment and include large infarct size, severe apical akinesia or dyskinesia LV aneurysm, and anterior MI.

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