Left Ventricular Thrombus in the Setting of Normal Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Crohn's Disease
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Ravi Rasalingam M.D.
Division of Cardiology, Boston Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorIbrahim M. Saeed M.D.
Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Cardiac Consultants, Kansas City, Missouri
Univeristy of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
Search for more papers by this authorPamela K. Woodard M.D.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Search for more papers by this authorJulio E. Pérez M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ravi Rasalingam M.D.
Division of Cardiology, Boston Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Address of the correspondence and reprint requests: Ravi Rasalingam, M.D., 1400 VFW Parkway (111CA), West Roxbury, MA 02132, USA. Fax: +857-203-5550;
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorIbrahim M. Saeed M.D.
Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Cardiac Consultants, Kansas City, Missouri
Univeristy of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
Search for more papers by this authorPamela K. Woodard M.D.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Search for more papers by this authorJulio E. Pérez M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Crohn's disease results in a hypercoagulable state increasing the risk of venous or arterial thromboembolism. Cardiac involvement has not been routinely identified. Two cases are presented to illustrate that patients with Crohn's disease may represent an exception to the rule that left ventricular apical thrombus should be associated with an underlying wall motion abnormality and reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction.
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| echo13081-sup-0001-MovieS1.movvideo/mov, 437.4 KB | Movie clip S1. Contrast enhanced apical 3-chamber echocardiogram showing normal left ventricular contraction and the presence of a pedunculated mass in the LV apex. |
| echo13081-sup-0002-MovieS2.movvideo/mov, 22.4 KB | Movie clip S2. Steady-state free precession magnetic resonance cine sequence of the LV apical short axis showing normal contraction and the presence of an apical mass. |
| echo13081-sup-0003-MovieS3.movvideo/mov, 750.5 KB | Movie clip S3. Zoomed apical 4-chamber echocardiogram showing normal LV contraction and the presence of an echogenic, pedunculated mass attached to the distal anterior-lateral wall. |
| echo13081-sup-0004-MovieS4.movvideo/mov, 37.6 KB | Movie clip S4. Steady-state free precession magnetic resonance cine sequence of the LV apical 4-chamber view showing focal akinesis of the LV apex but overall normal ejection fraction. |
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