Background: In an era of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and fibrinolysis
we anticipate lesser prevalence of ischaemic heart disease with poor ejection fraction …

The formation of a thrombus in the left ventricle (LV) in patients with normal systolic function
is very rare. We report a case and identified 31 other adult patients who had an LV thrombus …

We report two cases of left ventricular thrombi identified by routine echocardiography in the
presence of normal ventricular function to highlight the rarity and clinical significance of this …

An 85-year-old woman was admitted to hospital because of progressive dyspnoea at rest of
a few months' duration, with weakness and syncope on the day of hospitalisation. On …

We describe the unusual evolution of a left ventricular thrombus following acute anterior
myocardial infarction despite adequate anticoagulation. Serial echocardiographic …

Objectives. This was to assess the efficacy of high dose intravenous heparin to treat mobile
or protruding left ventricular thrombi as detected by serial echocardiography. Background …

A series of 198 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction were prospectively
studied before hospital discharge and during 24.0±8.6 months of follow-up. A predischarge …

Echocardiography may be used in patients presenting with pulmonary embolism to visualise
the right heart. The authors report the case of a patient who had recurrent pulmonary …

A 47-year-old women known to have mixed connective tissue disease and hypertension,
presented with acute right leg pain requiring urgent right common femoral artery …