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Short-term warfarin treatment successfully resolved an apical thrombus and normalized left ventricular ejection fraction in a patient with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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Short-term warfarin may be an effective treatment for the rare complication of apical thrombus in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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Short-term warfarin may resolve apical thrombus in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating case report that should not yet change practice.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCMP) is characterised by a temporary aneurysm of the left ventricular apex in individuals without significant stenosis of the coronary arteries. It is extremely rare to see it combined with a thrombus. In this case report, we present a 57-year-old female patient with TCMP in whom apical thrombus was treated with short-term warfarin use.
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İçli et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with apical thrombus (n=1). Warfarin was evaluated on Resolution of apical thrombus and left ventricular dyskinesia. Short-term warfarin treatment successfully resolved an apical thrombus and normalized left ventricular ejection fraction in a patient with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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