Catastrophic massive intracardiac thrombus in a 40-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

G J Jeon; B G Song; T H Kim; H J Yang; B O Ma; Y H Park; G H Kang; W J Chun; J H Oh

Catastrophic massive intracardiac thrombus in a 40-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

Nepal Med Coll J. 2011 Sep;13(3):226-8.

Authors

G J Jeon¹, B G Song, T H Kim, H J Yang, B O Ma, Y H Park, G H Kang, W J Chun, J H Oh

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Department of Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.

PMID: 22808822

Abstract

Dilated cardiomyopathy has been associated with left ventricular (LV) thrombosis which leads to substantial morbidity and mortality as a site for systemic emboli. We report an interesting case of a stroke and acute limb ischemia secondary to a large mobile pedunculated LV thrombus in 40-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / therapy
Catastrophic Illness
Humans
Male
Thrombosis / complications*
Thrombosis / diagnosis*
Thrombosis / therapy
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy