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Table 1 Patient characteristicsa

From: Transthoracic echocardiography for the diagnosis of left ventricular thrombosis in the postoperative care unit

Patients

Type of ventilation

Type of surgery

Cardiac pathology

Thrombus location

1

SB

Vascular surgery (axillary-femoral artery bypass)

Dilated cardiomyopathy EF = 25%

Left ventricle

2

SB

Vascular surgery (aneurysm of the abdominal aorta)

Dilated cardiomyopathy EF = 25%

Left ventricle

3

MV

Abdominal surgery (ischemic colitis-bowel resection)

Anterior myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy: EF = 35%

Left ventricle

4

MV

Abdominal surgery (cancer, bowel perforation)

Anterior myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy EF = 30%

Left ventricle

5

MV

Abdominal surgery (cancer, bowel perforation)

Anterior-posterior myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy EF = 30%

Left ventricle

  1. aSB, spontaneous breathing; MV, mechanical ventilation; EF, ejection fraction.