title: Left atrial ball thrombus in combined mitral-aortic valve disease.
abstract: This report describes a patient with left atrial ball thrombus which was detected during echocardiographic evaluation of combined mitral-aortic valve disease. Surgical correction was performed entirely on the basis of the echocardiographic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Berlin-Buch, Germany.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thiel
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery