Mukai S, Fuseno H, Nakamura M, Yoshikawa J, Shomura T
Department of Internal Medicine, Shakaihoken Kobe Central Hospital, Japan.
Chest. 1991 Apr;99(4):1042-3. doi: 10.1378/chest.99.4.1042.
A 68-year-old man was admitted with congestive heart failure. He was treated with diuretics and digitalis; thereafter, the two-dimensional echocardiogram suggested a pedunculated and mobile left ventricular thrombus. He underwent surgical thrombectomy because of the high risk of systemic embolization. To our knowledge, this is the first case of dilated cardiomyopathy with a mobile left ventricular thrombus that was attached to ruptured false tendons.
