Left ventricular vegetations: A rare manifestation of Libman-Sacks endocarditis Naritomo Nishioka, MD, Naoto Morimoto, MD, PhD, Masato Yoshida, MD, PhD,

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Left ventricular vegetations: A rare manifestation of Libman-Sacks endocarditis Naritomo Nishioka, MD, Naoto Morimoto, MD, PhD, Masato Yoshida, MD, PhD, Nobuhiko Mukohara, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 145, Issue 2, Pages e26-e28 (February 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.034 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Echocardiography showed vegetations confined to the left ventricle. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 145, e26-e28DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.034) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 A and B, Intraoperative finding of vegetations (arrows) confined to the left ventricle. C, Gross specimen of resected vegetations. D, Pathologic finding of organized thrombus, fibrin, and proliferation of monocytes. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 145, e26-e28DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.034) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions