title: [Left atrial ball thrombus].
abstract: An 80-year-old hypertensive woman with chronic atrial fibrillation was hospitalized because of recurrent syncope. Echocardiography revealed a large left atrial ball thrombus. Operative findings confirmed the echocardiographic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiological Services, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cafri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ilia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery