Materials and methods Venous blood from healthy subjects was perfused over denuded porcine aorta at 5 mL/min at a shear rate of 212 sec for thrombus formation. To evaluate the impact of pH changes, a co-perfusion with different acidic solutions was performed. Clot stability was evaluated by incubation of the isolated thrombus with pH solutions or gastric juice for up to four hours. The fibrinol...

We describe the first reported case of an infected left atrial thrombus. The case of the 65-year-old male patient in this report was associated with mitral stenosis and involved Escherichia coli, and was treated successfully with surgical resection of the infected thrombus. This case suggests that such infection should be considered as a possible complication of intracardiac thrombus when bacte...

Left main coronary artery (LMCA) thrombus is a clinically rare event and is thought to be secondary to plaque rupture with subsequent thrombus formation, persistent hypercoagulable state, cocaine use, or vasospasm. (Klein et al., 2008) here we present a case of LMCA thrombus that presented as an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a hypercoagulable patient.

BACKGROUND Manual thrombus aspiration (MTA) is completely ineffective in 30% of cases, and the high profiles of the catheters prevent their use in tortuous and calcified vessels. The rheolytic thrombectomy (RT) device has the potential for improved thrombus removal in acute myocardial infarction as compared with MTA. No data exist on the comparison between the 2 techniques. METHODS AND RESULT...

Uterine leiomyomatosis as a rare cause of tumor thrombus presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence, morphology, and clinical course of thrombus formation after catheter closure of intra-atrial shunts. BACKGROUND Post-procedure detailed information about thrombotic material on different devices for transcatheter closure is missing. METHOD A total of 1,000 consecutive patients were investigated after patent foramen ovale...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this retrospective study is to compare surgical complications and long-term survival in children with Wilms' tumor (WT) and tumor thrombus receiving or not preoperative chemotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Review of the charts of 155 children with WT treated between 1983 and 2005, and analysis of 16/155 (10.3%) children with WT who presented cavoatrial tumor extension, be...

Micro Particle Image Velocimetry (μPIV) is a non-invasive flow field measurement technique, which is becoming the method of choice for the investigation of micro-flows. Measurements of flows which occur within the human body represent one of the most important applications of μPIV. A three-component two-dimensional scanning micro-Particle Image Velocimetry (μPIV) technique is presented in this ...

RATIONALE Among atrial fibrillation patients with high risk of bleeding, left atrial appendage occlusion has emerged as an alternative to long-term oral anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention. Device-related thrombus remains a major concern because it may result in recurrent embolic events. To date, there is no consensus on the optimal method of treating device-related-thrombus. PATIEN...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Thrombus characterization is increasingly considered important in predicting treatment success for patients with acute ischemic stroke. The lack of intensity contrast between thrombus and surrounding tissue in CT images makes manual delineation a difficult and time consuming task. Our aim was to develop an automated method for thrombus measurement on CT angiography and va...