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Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular thrombi |
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| Authors: | Patricia C Come John E Markis Hugh S Vine Barry Sacks Colin McArdle Alberto Ramirez |
| Institution: | 1. Thorndike Laboratory, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Mass. USA;2. Combined Echocardiographic Service of the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital Boston, Mass. USA;3. Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Mass. USA;4. Department of Medicine, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Mass. USA;5. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. USA |
| Abstract: | Left ventricular thrombi have not been commonly recognized by M-mode or by cross-sectional echocardiographic techniques despite their frequency at postmortem examination in patients dying of cardiovascular disease. We discuss two patients, with left ventricular thrombi recognized echocardiographically and confirmed by pathologic and/or angiographic evaluation, whose M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiographic abnormalities add to the variable spectrum of appearance of left ventricular thrombi. The sensitivity and specificity of echocardiographic techniques in the diagnosis of intracardiac thrombi are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Reprint requests: Patricia C Come M D Dept of Medicine Cardiovascular Division Beth Israel Hospital 330 Brookline Ave Boston MA 02215 |
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