TABLE 1

Incidence of left ventricular thrombosis after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

AuthorsNo. of patientsaIncidence of left ventricular thrombosisPredictors of left ventricular thrombosis
Kalra and Jang,4
2000		    71  4%Anterior infarction
Nayak et al,5
2004		  20011%Anterior infarction
Rehan et al,6
2006		    92  4%Anterior infarction
Zielinska et al,7
2008		2,911  2.5%Anterior infarction
Left ventricular ejection fraction < 40%
Hypertension
Osherov et al,8
2009		  642  6%Severe mitral valve regurgitation
Low left ventricular ejection fraction
Solheim et al,9
2010		  10015%Higher peak creatine kinase level
Larger infarcts
Lower left ventricular ejection fraction
Shacham et al,10
2013		  207  5%Higher C-reactive protein levels
Higher fibrinogen levels
Gianstefani et al,11
2014		1,059  4%Low left ventricular ejection fraction
Anterior infarction
Use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors

  • ↵a Most patients underwent percutaneous coronary intervention.