Echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial ball-valve thrombus. A case report.
We report a case of a large ball-valve thrombus complicating moderate mitral stenosis and causing mitral orifice obstruction and emboli. The diagnosis was made on two-dimensional echocardiography and the thrombus was successfully removed.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology