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Volume 4 Issue 5 (September - October, 2016)

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Assessment of incidence of LV thrombus in patients undergoing Echocardiography: An observational study
Gurpreet Singh, Saurabh Sharma

Background: Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) can complicate left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction both in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies and can lead to thromboembolic complications such as stroke.Hence; the present study was conducted for assessing theincidence of LV thrombus in patients undergoing Echocardiography. Materials & method:A total of 150 patients scheduled to undergo echocardiography were included in the present study. A self-framed questionnaire was given to all the patients for obtained the detailed demographic profile of the patients. Complete haematological and biochemical picture of all the patients was obtained. All the patients underwent echocardiography under the hands of skilled cardiologist. Compilation of all the results was done in Microsoft excel sheet, followed by analysis with SPSS software. Results: Thrombus was detected in 20 patients. Among the thrombus positive patients, hypertension was present in 8 patients, while diabetes and dilated cardiomyopathy were present in 4 and 6 patients respectively. Among the thrombus negative patients, hypertension was present in 48 patients, while diabetes and dilated cardiomyopathy were present in 23 and 20 patients respectively. Conclusion: Thrombus is present in significant proportion among general population.
Key words: Echocardiography, Thrombus.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Gurpreet Singh, DM Cardiology Resident, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kochi,  Kerala, India

This article may be cited as: Singh G, Sharma S. Assessment of incidence of LV thrombus in patients undergoing Echocardiography: An observational study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(5):153-155.

 
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