[Left atrial free floating thrombus without mitral valve disease. Review of the literature apropos of a case].
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.
Trémeau
G
G
Service de cardiologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon.
Chapon
P
P
Buttard
P
P
Gayet
C
C
Oddou
B
B
Nicolai
Y
Y
Beurlet
J
J
Guichard
G
G
Milon
H
H
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
Thrombus libre intra-auriculaire gauche en l'absence de pathologie valvulaire mitrale. Revue de la littérature à propos d'un cas.