Echocardiographic findings of floating thrombus in left atrium.
We describe the M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic findings of a floating thrombus in the left atrium. Though the features resembled those of pedunculated left atrial myxoma, two-dimensional echocardiography was helpful in differentiating between thrombus and myxoma in the left atrium.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology