title: [Left atrial free floating thrombus without mitral valve disease. Review of the literature apropos of a case].
abstract: Free ball thrombi of the left atrium are usually observed with mitral valve disease. The authors report the unusual case of this condition without mitral valve disease. A number of classical echocardiographic criteria suggested the precise nature of this left atrial mass before surgical excision. The diagnosis of a free ball thrombus of the left atrium should lead to urgent surgery because of the high risk of haemodynamic and embolic complications.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trémeau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chapon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buttard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gayet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oddou
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nicolai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beurlet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guichard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Milon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Thrombus libre intra-auriculaire gauche en l'absence de pathologie valvulaire mitrale. Revue de la littérature à propos d'un cas.