Catastrophic Left Ventricular Thrombosis Complicating Extra-corporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Report

Abstract

A massive left ventricular thrombosis represents a rare however, catastrophic complication of a central veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation. We report a case of such complication in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction after cardiac surgery.

Its management and preventive measures are described and discussed.

Keywords

• Cardiac surgery
• Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation
• Heart failure
• Thrombosis