Heparin treatment and resolution of left ventricular thrombosis

• Published in: International journal of cardiology Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 338 - 340
• Main Authors: Palazzuoli, Vincenzo, Mondillo, Sergio, D'Aprile, Nicola, Faglia, Sebastiano, Palazzuoli, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.03.1994; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Blood. Blood coagulation. Reticuloendothelial system; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Heart Diseases - drug therapy; Heart Ventricles; Heparin; Heparin - administration & dosage; Heparin - therapeutic use; Humans; Ischemic Attack, Transient - etiology; Male; Medical sciences; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging; Thrombosis - drug therapy; Ventricular thrombosis; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular thrombosis; Heparin; Human; Case study; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Heart disease; Cardiovascular disease; Anticoagulant; Thrombosis; Elderly; Left ventricle

In a 70-year-old man admitted to our hospital because of repeated episodes of transient disorientation, an ECG showed a recent inferior myocardial infarction. A two-dimensional echocardiography detected hypo-akinesia in the apex region, where a hyperechogenic oval and pedunculated mass with a maximu...