Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Society of Echocardiography (한국심초음파학회)
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS WHICH SHOWED MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES OVER TIME IN A PATIENT WITH STRESS-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY

  • CHOI, JAH YEON (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • PARK, EUN JIN (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • PARK, SUNG HUN (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • KIM, HEE DONG (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • SONG, JI YOUNG (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • KIM, JI BAK (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • LEE, SUN KI (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • RYU, YANG GI (DEPARTMENT OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • BAEK, MAN JONG (DEPARTMENT OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL) ;
  • NA, JIN OH (DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY GURO HOSPITAL)
  • Received : 2014.09.23
  • Accepted : 2015.05.19
  • Published : 2015.06.27
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Abstract

Although stress-induced cardiomyopathy (SCMP) is a reversible disease and the prognosis is usually excellent, several complications can occur and can result in fatal adverse events. The formation of left ventricular (LV) thrombus is one of these critical complications of SCMP. This report describes a case of SCMP complicated by formation of a LV thrombus that became increasingly mobile as LV contractility recovered, and for which surgical removal was performed. Here, we report a case of SCMP complicated by LV thrombus and review the literature regarding this topic.

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