title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial thrombus - a case report.
abstract: We report a case of mitral stenosis with echocardiographic findings we consider diagnostic of left atrial thrombus. Scanning of the ultrasound beam from the left ventricular basalward to the left atrium (LA) demonstrates a consistent group of strong echoes within the LA and extending into the mitral orifice. Massive left atrial thrombosis was confirmed at operation.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography