title: [Diagnosis using bidimensional echocardiography in a free thrombus of the left atrium].
abstract: Left atrial thrombosis in patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease is frequent. It is important to establish an early diagnosis particularly in those patients who had previous thromboembolic episodes. We describe the case of a sixty-year-old woman with pure mitral stenosis and free left atrial thrombus. We emphasize the sensitivity and specificity of bidimensional echocardiography in such conditions.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castellanos Reyes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargas Barrón
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osornio Vargas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estandía Cano
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Diagnóstico con ecocardiografía bidimensional de un trombo libre en la aurícula izquierda.