Treatment of the Left Ventricular Thrombus with Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine: A Case Report

Abstract

Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is a common complication of coronary heart disease; thus, traditional Chinese medicine has become a therapeutic option. Here we report two LVT cases treated with Western medicine and traditional Chinese herbal medicine. After treatment, the thrombus became obviously smaller than before, and the clinical symptoms were also relieved. Furthermore, there was little relevant literature in this field, so we expect that this report could support the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in treating LVT.

Keywords

Left ventricular thrombus / Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine / Complementary medicine / Decoction

Acknowledgments

None.

Funding

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 8227427 to QL), Guangdong Medical Science and Technology Research Fund Project (No. B2020155 to QL), Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine Fund Project (No. 20221360 to QL), Zhuhai Medical Science and Technology Research Fund Project (No. ZH24013310210002PWC to QL), Special Funding for TCM Science and Technology Research of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (No. YN2020QN10 to QL), and Municipal School (College) Joint Funding Project of the Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau (No. SL2023A03J00081 to QL).

Conflict of interest

No competing financial interests exist.

Author contributions

The study was designed by QL. The manuscript writing was performed by YL, CL, PL, and QL. The manuscript was revised by QC and RY, and finalized by QL. All authors read and revised the manuscript critically.

Ethical statement

The patients consented to anonymous publication of their data, which was gratefully acknowledged by the authors. The ethical approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of GDHCM.

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