Why the study?
Do anticoagulants resolve left ventricular thrombus in a patient with congestive cardiomyopathy?
Do anticoagulants resolve left ventricular thrombus in a patient with congestive cardiomyopathy?
Anticoagulation therapy can successfully resolve left ventricular thrombi detected by echocardiography in patients with congestive cardiomyopathy.
May support anticoagulation for LV thrombus in cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective confirmation.
A left ventricular thrombus was detected by echocardiography in a 54-year-old man with congestive cardiomyopathy. With the use of anticoagulants, the thrombus completely disappeared. Patients with congestive cardiomyopathy who are at high risk for thrombus formation should be screened with two-dimensional echocardiography. If a thrombus is recognized, anticoagulation therapy can then be instituted.
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