title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of a left atrial thrombus in a patient with normal prosthetic mitral valve.
abstract: A 20-year-old male with a Björk-Shiley mitral valve prosthesis on optimal anticoagulation and antiplatelet drug therapy presented with systemic embolization 11 months after mitral valve replacement. Cross-sectional and Doppler echocardiography revealed a left atrial thrombus attached to the posterior wall of the left atrium and normal function of the prosthetic valve. The findings were confirmed at surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansrinagar, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sundar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology