[Emergent operation of left atrial ball thrombus associated with mitral stenosis].
A 71-year-old woman with old cerebral infarction and arterial obstruction was admitted with the diagnosis of a free floating ball thrombus in the left atrium associated mitral stenosis. The emergent open heart operation was performed for removal of ball thrombus and mitral commissurotomy. The size of ball thrombus was 4.8 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm. Postoperative course was uneventful.
Kuwabara
M
M
Second Department of Surgery, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
Onituka
T
T
Nakamura
K
K
Fukumoto
K
K
Araki
K
K
Takahashi
H
H
Abe
Y
Y
Kodama
K
K
Nakahira
T
T
Shibata
K
K
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*