Unusual Site of Left Ventricular Thrombus after Acute Myocardial Infarction |
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| Authors: | Amjad Ali J. R. Vijaykumar Cholenahally N. Manjunath |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
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| Abstract: | 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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| Keywords: | Acute myocardial infarction echocardiography left ventricular outflow tract thrombus |
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