title: [A case of mitral stenosis with free floating ball thrombus].
abstract: A free floating thrombus in the left atrium is a rare complication of the mitral valvular disease. A 56-year-old woman with mitral stenosis was admitted for cerebral infarction and abdominal pain. A free floating ball thrombus was detected in the left atrium by echocardiography. We performed the emergent open heart surgery for removal of ball thrombus and mitral commissurotomy successfully. The size of thrombus was 4 x 3 x 2 cm. Postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Okayama University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aokage
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Senoo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ooba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shiote
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satou
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*