title: [Transesophageal echography in the investigation of left atrial ball thrombi. Apropos of a case of migration of a left atrial thrombus].
abstract: The authors report the case of a pediculated left atrial ball thrombus whose embolisation and ejection through the aortic valve was recorded during transesophageal echocardiography. The value and risks of transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of left atrial masses are reviewed in the light of this case and a review of the literature. The prognosis and therapeutic implications of a left atrial ball thrombus are also described.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 256, hôpital Broussais, Paris.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dormagen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diebold
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laflèche
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abergel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Safar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: L'échographie transoesophagienne dans l'exploration des masses auriculaires gauches flottantes. A propos d'un de migration d'un thrombus de l'oreillete gauche.