Abstract
A 57-year-old man experienced acute anterior myocardial infarction and had been admitted to another hospital 1.5 months earlier. He visited our outpatient department because of experiencing mild dyspnea on exertion. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed left ventricular systolic dysfunction, left ventricular apical aneurysm formation, as well as left ventricular thrombus at the low septal apical region. The thrombus decreased in size and then resolved completely after anticoagulant therapy. No evidence of systemic embolism was seen during the course of anticoagulant therapy. In conclusion, anticoagulant therapy is effective for the resolution of left ventricular thrombus after myocardial infarction.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 209-212 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Procedures |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |