Doppler and echocardiographic diagnosis of a free-floating left atrial thrombus.
We report a case of a free-floating left atrial thrombus in a patient with severe mitral stenosis diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography. The Doppler technique was very useful in explaining some peculiar auscultatory and clinical aspects present in this rare complication of mitral valvar stenosis.
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Istituto di Cardiologia, Istituto G. Sisini, Fondazione I. Monzino, University of Milan, Italy.
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D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014465:Ultrasonics