Surgical removal of left ventricular ball-like thrombus following large transmural acute myocardial infarction using the infarction exclusion technique: David-Komeda procedure

Circulation Journal : Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society
Hiroya MinamiKunio Gan

Abstract

A 61-year-old man, who had suffered congestive heart failure following a large transmural acute myocardial infarction (AMI) of the anterior wall, developed a mobile ball-like thrombus in the left ventricle (LV). On the third day after onset of AMI, when the patient had recovered slightly from congestive heart failure, we performed coronary artery bypass grafting and LV thrombectomy, then the fragile LV wall was successfully repaired using the infarction exclusion technique (David-Komeda procedure).

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Mar 31, 2011·General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery·Hiroya MinamiMasanobu Sato
Apr 16, 2013·Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society·Jürgen LeickHelge Möllmann
Sep 26, 2013·European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care·Constantina AggeliChristodoulos Stefanadis
Aug 13, 2015·Heart and Vessels·Yuki TanakaKagami Miyaji

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