Left Ventricular Thrombus Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

A Camaj, V Fuster, G Giustino, SW Bienstock… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
The incidence of left ventricular (LV) thrombus following acute myocardial infarction has
markedly declined in recent decades caused by advancements in reperfusion and …

Left ventricular thrombus after acute myocardial infarction: screening, prevention, and treatment

CP McCarthy, M Vaduganathan, KJ McCarthy… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is a complication of acute myocardial infarction
(MI) and is associated with systemic thromboembolism. With randomized clinical trials …

Antithrombotic therapy for patients with left ventricular mural thrombus

B Lattuca, N Bouziri, M Kerneis, JJ Portal, J Zhou… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Background Contemporary data are lacking regarding the prognosis and management of
left ventricular thrombus (LVT). Objectives The purpose of this study was to quantify the …

The use of novel oral anticoagulants compared to vitamin K antagonists (warfarin) in patients with left ventricular thrombus after acute myocardial infarction

DA Jones, P Wright, MA Alizadeh… - European Heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aim Current guidelines recommend the use of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) for up to 3–6
months for treatment of left ventricular (LV) thrombus post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) …

Apixaban vs. warfarin in patients with left ventricular thrombus: a prospective multicentre randomized clinical trial

R Alcalai, A Butnaru, G Moravsky… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Current guidelines recommend anticoagulation with a vitamin K antagonist to treat left
ventricular (LV) thrombus after myocardial infarction (MI). Data on the use of direct oral …

[HTML][HTML] Management of left ventricular thrombus: a narrative review

JBC Rodriguez, K Okajima… - Annals of translational …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is a serious complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI)
and also non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. We performed a narrative literature review …

Direct oral anticoagulants compared to vitamin K antagonist for the management of left ventricular thrombus

H Iqbal, S Straw, TP Craven, K Stirling… - ESC heart …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is increasingly detected in patients with and without
ischaemic heart disease due to the increased availability of cardiac magnetic resonance …

Left ventricular thrombosis: new perspectives on an old problem

M Massussi, A Scotti, GYH Lip… - European Heart Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Left ventricular thrombosis (LVT) is a major risk factor for systemic thromboembolism and
might complicate both the acute and the chronic phase of ischaemic heart disease after …

Warfarin versus direct oral anticoagulants for treating left ventricular thrombus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Dalia, S Lahan, S Ranka, A Goyal, S Zoubek… - Thrombosis journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is not uncommon and pose a risk of systemic
embolism, which can be mitigated by adequate anticoagulation. Direct oral anticoagulants …

Challenges in management of left ventricular thrombus

F Habash, S Vallurupalli - Therapeutic advances in …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) complicates both ischemic and non-ischemic
cardiomyopathies and is a potential cause of thromboembolic complications such as stroke …