Left ventricular aneurysmectomy after myocardial infarction following detection of left ventricular thrombosis by magnetic resonance imaging

Magn Reson Imaging. 1990;8(5):661-3. doi: 10.1016/0730-725x(90)90147-t.

Abstract

A 54-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction presented with recurrent transient ischemic attacks 7 yr after the acute event. The emboli originated from a left ventricular thrombus despite adequate oral anticoagulant therapy. The thrombus was best detected with magnetic resonance imaging and had to be removed by surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology
  • Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Thrombosis / etiology