Pořízka Michal, Kopecký Petr, Mikulenka Vladimír, Kunstýř Jan, Lipš Michal, Balík Martin
Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
2nd Department of Surgery - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Prague Med Rep. 2017;118(4):139-146. doi: 10.14712/23362936.2017.15.
A massive left ventricular thrombosis represents a rare however, catastrophic complication of a central veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation. We report a case of such complication in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction after cardiac surgery. Its management and preventive measures are described and discussed.