Massive intraventricular thrombi in a previously healthy 43-year-old male. European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology [Eur J Echocardiogr] Journal article

We report a case of 43-year-old previously healthy male admitted to our hospital with symptoms of heart failure. Two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a previously undiagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy and massive left intraventricular thrombi. Because patient did not give consent for surgical thrombectomy, thrombolytic treatment with streptokinase was introduced. In the further course of hospitalization, ischaemic stroke was diagnosed despite the resolution of intracardiac thrombi observed on serial control echocardiography.

European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology [Eur J Echocardiogr]