January 1, 2015Case Reports in SurgeryOpen Access

Surgical Extirpation of Apical Left Ventricular Thrombus in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

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Population

1 patient (59-year-old woman) with takotsubo cardiomyopathy presenting in shock with hypothermia and diabetic ketoacidosis, who developed a mobile apical left ventricular thrombus.

Intervention

Surgical resection of apical left ventricular thrombus (thrombectomy via a left apical incision).

Outcome

Postoperative recovery.

Surgical thrombectomy via a left apical incision can be a viable and successful treatment for a mobile apical left ventricular thrombus complicating takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Authors

TNTetsuya NiinoNational Disaster Medical Center SUSatoshi UnosawaChiba Hospital

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Implication

May support apical thrombectomy for mobile LV thrombus in takotsubo; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

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Niino et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8248f4e35fc7ca402a57ca https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/387037

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Surgical Extirpation of Apical Left Ventricular Thrombus in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

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Implication

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Surgical Extirpation of Apical Left Ventricular Thrombus in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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