LEFT-VENTRICULAR THROMBUS AFTER PREGNANCY - CHOICE OF SURGICAL ACCESSUSING DYNAMIC 3-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
MULLER S BARTEL T LAUBE H
Citation
S. Muller et al., LEFT-VENTRICULAR THROMBUS AFTER PREGNANCY - CHOICE OF SURGICAL ACCESSUSING DYNAMIC 3-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Echocardiography, 13(3), 1996, pp. 293-296
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
07422822
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
293 - 296
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(1996)13:3<293:LTAP-C>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Two idiopathic thrombi loosely attached to the left ventricular wall w ere detected by dynamic three-dimensional echocardiography. Because th e thrombi were shown to be lobulated and extremly mobile, urgent surgi cal treatment was mandatory. Three-dimensional image reconstruction en hanced appreciation of left ventricular thrombi by enabling accurate i maging of the spatial relationship between the thrombus, the myocardia l wall, and the valvular apparatus, so that the most advantageous surg ical access could be chosen.