title: [A free-ball thrombus in the left atrium in the absence of mitral pathology].
abstract: One male 53-year-old that was diagnosed of dilated myocardiopathy two years ago, was admitted at the emergency room by acute pulmonary oedema, showing the two dimensional echocardiographic study one free-floating thrombus in the left atrium. Waiting for surgery the patient suffered a syncope that was diagnosed of embolic origin and the left atrial thrombus has disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iglesias Cubero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Reguero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espolita Santos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomás Mauri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López de la Iglesia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López Negrete
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013575:Syncope / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: A propósito de un trombo esférico libre en la aurícula izquierda en ausencia de patología mitral.