Idiopathic massive left ventricular thrombus in HIV patient

<p>Abstract</p> <p>A 47-year old man with HIV presented with a stroke. Imaging revealed a large mobile left-ventricular thrombus. The mass was resected using a small ventriculotomy with good early postoperative prognosis. Thrombus etiology is likely related to HIV pathology.</p&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Homer Natalie, Sheen Luke, Lee Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/65