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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924297
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Incidental Diagnosis of a Left Ventricular Thrombus through Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technique in a Patient Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Publication History
Received March 4, 2006
Publication Date:
06 November 2006 (online)

Abstract
Stroke after cardiac surgery is a devastating complication. We report a case of incidental diagnosis of a left ventricular thrombus in a patient scheduled to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting. The preoperative diagnosis of an apical left ventricular thrombus was assessed by a novel, whole body MRI-angiography technique (TIMRA), which led to alteration of the operative approach as an additional thrombectomy was performed through an apical left ventriculotomy.
Key words
Cardiovascular surgery - myocardial infarction - heart disease
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Dominik Jost
Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery
Tübingen University Hospital
Hoppe-Seyler-Straße 3
72076 Tübingen
Germany
Email: jostdominik@gmx.de