scholarly journals MECHANISMS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS FORMATION IN HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION: NOVEL INSIGHTS FROM 2D SPECKLE-TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. A916
Author(s):  
Dhruv Chawla ◽  
Laura Johnson ◽  
Tadele Mengesha ◽  
Vinay Thohan
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Thrombus Formation ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Thrombus ◽  
Reduced Ejection Fraction ◽  
Ventricular Thrombus ◽  
2D Speckle Tracking

Usefulness and Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Echocardiographic Contrast to Detect Left Ventricular Thrombus in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
E. Philip Lehman ◽  
Patricia A. Cowper ◽  
Tiffany C. Randolph ◽  
Andrzej S. Kosinski ◽  
Renato D. Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Thrombus ◽  
Reduced Ejection Fraction ◽  
Ventricular Thrombus ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure

scholarly journals Left ventricular longitudinal systolic function analysed by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a meta-analysis

Open Heart ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. e000630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Armando Morris ◽  
Xin-Xin Ma ◽  
Evgeny Belyavskiy ◽  
Radhakrishnan Aravind Kumar ◽  
Martin Kropf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Systolic Function ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Preserved Ejection Fraction ◽  
2D Speckle Tracking

scholarly journals UNIVERSAL USE OF CONTRAST TO DETECT LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBUS IN PATIENTS WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED CLINICAL OR COST-EFFECTIVENESS OUTCOMES

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 1639
Author(s):  
E. Philip Lehman ◽  
Patricia Cowper ◽  
Tiffany Randolph ◽  
Andrzej Kosinski ◽  
Ranato D. Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Thrombus ◽  
Reduced Ejection Fraction ◽  
Ventricular Thrombus

scholarly journals The prevalence of left ventricular thrombus among patients with low ejection fraction by trans-thoracic echocardiography

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nouradden Noman Aljaber ◽  
Zohoor Ali Mattash ◽  
Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi ◽  
Fahad Hassan Alhazmi
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Thrombus ◽  
Ventricular Thrombus ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Low Ejection Fraction

Background and objectives: Ejection fraction (EF) is a measurement of heart function that reflects the portion of pumped out blood from the filled left ventricle per each heartbeat. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of left ventricular thrombus in patients with EF lower than 35% by using Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE). Methods: In this prospective study, 82 cardiac patients underwent TTE procedure in order to assess the presence of left ventricular thrombus (LVT) from January 1st to December 31st 2017 at the Military Cardiac Centre in Sana’a, Yemen. Results: Out of 82 patients enrolled in this study, the mean age was 49.13 ± 14.8 years and 87.8% were male. The mean of EF was 31.16% and LVT was found in 6.1%. The spontaneous contrast was seen in 25.6% of patients indicating strong relationship with low EF (p < 0.001). Among patients with low EF, ischemic heart disease (IHD) was identified in 50%, hypertension in 30.5%, diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 in 23.2%, and hyperlipidemia 12.2%. Exactly 80% of LVT were detected in IHD patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP) and 80% of detected LVT were apical in site. Conclusion: Cardiac patients with low ejection fraction developed left ventricular thrombosis, and most of the affected patients were ischemic heart disease with dilated cardiomyopathy. Interestingly, spontaneous contrast was found high significantly in these patients, which may reflect the continuous process of thrombus formation. Abbreviations:EF: ejection fraction, ASE: American society of echocardiography, EACVI: European association of cardiovascular imaging, LV: left ventricle, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, HFpEF: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, HFrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, MI: myocardial infarction, DCMP: dilated cardiomyopathy, AF: atrial fibrillation, TTE: Transthoracic echocardiography, TEE: trans-esophageal echocardiography, RHD: rheumatic heart disease, HTN: hypertension, DM: diabetes mellitus, CHF: congestive heart failure, JVP: jugular venous pressure, CBC: complete blood count, LFT: liver function tests, RFT: renal function test, LVT: left ventricular thrombus, ECG: electrocardiography, LVT: left ventricular thrombus, EDV: end diastolic volume, ESV: end systolic volume, SPSS: statistical package for the social sciences, IBM: international business machines, SD: standard deviation. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.4.1972 How to cite this:Aljaber NN, Mattash ZA, Alshoabi SA, Alhazmi FA. The prevalence of left ventricular thrombus among patients with low ejection fraction by trans-thoracic echocardiography. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(4):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.4.1972 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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