title: A Case of Ball Valve Thrombus.
abstract: Ball valve thrombus is a very rare cardiac pathological entity; most case reports are postmortem. It is always associated with a very tight rheumatic mitral stenosis. The antemortem diagnosis of ball valve thrombus has become easy with the advent of echocardiography and even easier with biplane or multiplane transesophageal echocardiography, including the three-dimensional acquisition of images. We present the case of a patient with a ball valve thrombus diagnosed during routine echocardiographic examination as a prelude to surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiac Care Centre, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S.
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thanikachalam
authors.forename: G.
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sengottuvel
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: M. Sampath
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R. V.
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Shivakumar
authors.forename: K. R.
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: J. S. N.
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Murthy