ABSTRACT

Echocardiography is a substantial imaging modality for evaluating intracardiac masses. Thrombi and primary or metastatic cardiac tumors should be considered in the differential diagnosis of left ventricle (LV) masses. Thrombus formation in the LV generally occurs because of diseases that cause LV systolic dysfunction. Some cases have been reported to be related to thrombus formation in patients with a normal LV ejection fraction. Physicians should consider that a thrombus might develop in patients with a normal ejection fraction.