[Removal of biventricular thrombi for dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with acute heart failure].

We report a rare case of a 49-year-old man with biventricular thrombi associated with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The patient was admitted with congestive heart failure and pneumonia. Echocardiography revealed mobile "ball-like" biventricular thrombi associated with significantly impaired left ventricular function and severe mitral/tricuspid valve regurgitation. The biventricular thrombi were removed and subsequently, a mitral annuloplasty, as well as papillary muscle approximation and tricuspid annuloplasty were performed. The postoperative course has been uneventful over a period of 2 years and neither thromboembolic events nor recurrence of congestive heart failure has been observed.