Vol 69, No 3 (2011)
Invasive electrophysiology
Published online: 2011-03-22

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Severe tachycardiomyopathy and thrombus in the left atrial appendage - a case report

Piotr Sobański, Wojciech Gilewski, Janusz Śledź, Monika Klank-Szafran, Sebastian Stec, Magdalena Zagrodzka, Krzysztof Ptaszkiewicz, Robert Bujak, Janusz Błażejewski, Władysław Sinkiewicz
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79400
Kardiol Pol 2011;69(3):294-297.

Abstract

We describe a case of severe left ventricular (LV) heart failure caused by tachycardiomyopathy with concomitant presence of unsolved thrombus in left atrial appendage despite effective oral anticoagulant treatment. Successful ablation of atrial flutter and atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia entailed resolution of heart failure symptoms and normalisation of LV function.
Kardiol Pol 2011; 69, 3: 294-297

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