title: [The usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of a free-floating thrombus in the left atrium].
abstract: The case of a patient with mitral prosthesis who had arterial embolism is presented. The transoesophageal echocardiogram showed a floating thrombus in the left atrium which had not been detected by transthoracic echocardiography. The usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of this pathology is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de la Vall d'Hebron.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: González-Alujas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evangelista
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: García del Castillo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rius
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soler-Soler
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Utilidad de la ecocardiografía transesofágica en el diagnóstico de un trombo libre en aurícula izquierda.