Figure 3.

LV thrombus prevalence according to etiology and severity of myopathic dysfunction. LV thrombus prevalence (bar graph, left) was more than 5-fold higher among patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (red) compared to those with nonischemic (blue) cardiomyopathy (9.2% vs. 1.7%) despite nearly identical LV ejection fraction. When each group was stratified according to ejection fraction (line graph, right), prevalence was higher in patients with ischemic disease for every ejection fraction group. Reprinted from J Am Coll Cardiol, 2008. ©2008; reprinted with permission from Elsevier.6 LV = left ventricular.