Journal article
Lambl's Excrescences: An Enigma of Modern Diagnostic Cardiology
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.11(12), e6407
12/17/2019
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.6407
PMCID: PMC6968828
PMID: 31970037
Abstract
Lambl's excrescences were first described in 1856 by a Bohemian physician, Vilem Dusan Lambl, and since then have gained widespread attention and controversy within the medical literature. Despite numerous case reports and observational studies, consensus on the significance and management of Lambl's excrescences remains sparse. We describe the case of a 48-year-old male who presented with recurrent embolic strokes. No underlying paroxysmal arrhythmia or inter-atrial shunt was identified, and the only pathological finding was a 1-mm aortic valve strand. We managed this patient successfully using a novel oral anticoagulant.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Lambl's Excrescences: An Enigma of Modern Diagnostic Cardiology
- Creators
- Hina Amin - SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityMohammad Hashim Tilani - SUNY Upstate Med Univ, Internal Med, Syracuse, NY 13210 USADaniel Villarreal - SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.11(12), e6407
- DOI
- 10.7759/cureus.6407
- PMID
- 31970037
- PMCID
- PMC6968828
- NLM abbreviation
- Cureus
- ISSN
- 2168-8184
- eISSN
- 2168-8184
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/17/2019
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984961108502771
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