25 June 2021: Articles
Rivaroxaban for Treatment of Left Ventricular Thrombus: A Case Report
Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Juhaina Salim Al-Maqbali A , Maitha Al-Sibani B , Nasiba Al-Maqrashi A , Abdullah M. Al Alawi A* , Hatim Al Lawati ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.932140
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e932140
Figure 2. Parasternal short-axis views in the mid-ventricular level on the serial transthoracic echocardiograms. (A) The study was done at the index hospitalization showing a large thrombus against the distal anteroseptum and true LV apex. (B) Considerable thrombus regression after 4 months of oral warfarin. (C) This study was obtained 9 months after oral rivaroxaban (during the patient’s last hospitalization), showing a substantial increase in the thrombus’s side, which is now occupying the entire LV apex.