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Case Report

Volume 3, Number 1, February 2012, pages 37-40

Acute Stroke and Limb Ischemia Secondary to Catastrophic Massive Intracardiac Thrombus in a 40-Year-Old Patient With Dilated Cardiomyopathy

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Transthoracic (A-C) and transesophageal (D) echocardiograms showed severe global LV systolic dysfunction and dilatation with a large mobile pedunculated mass in the LV apex.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Computed tomography angiography and brain magnetic resonance imaging showed obstructions of right femoral and popliteal artery and left popliteal artery (A) and spotty ischemic brain lesions (B).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. The gross examinations of specimen removed from LV apex showed thrombus with multiple fragments of deep reddish blood clot-like material.