Surgical reconstruction of left ventricle after anterior myocardial infarction in both women and men.

Background: Differences between men and women in the prevalence and clinical course of coronary artery disease (CAD) have been well documented. There are no data in literature on the differences between males and females in the incidence of post-infarction left ventricular (LV) wall motion abnormalities of akinesia/dyskinesia type and the outcome after surgical LV reconstruction.

Aim: To compare gender-related differences in clinical characteristics, distribution of LV wall motion abnormalities, and outcome after surgical LV reconstruction.

[Left ventricular thrombus in early phase after myocardial infarction. Risk and treatment methods based on an observed case].

A 55-year-old man was admitted to our Department four weeks after anterior myocardial infarction. A large, mobile thrombus was diagnosed on echocardiography. On the third day of hospitalization systemic arterial embolism with left femoral artery localization occurred.