title: Development of a left atrial ball thrombus in a woman with complex congenital heart disease including congenital mitral valve stenosis.
abstract: A 20-year-old woman with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease, including severe congenital mitral stenosis and intact atrial septum, who developed a left atrial ball thrombus and an embolic phenomenon, is presented. Increased vigilance in this unique setting is necessary for the antemortem detection of this rare complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salim
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: McCrindle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography