title: Transient cerebral ischemic attack and left atrial free-floating thrombus: a case report.
abstract: A patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis was found to have a free-floating thrombus in the left atrium during echocardiography. Subsequently, the patient underwent surgical treatment. At surgery, a free thrombus was found within the left atrium. The postoperative course of the patient was satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abaci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kabakci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tokgözoglu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications