Free-Floating Ball Thrombus in Left Atrium.
Left atrial (LA) ball thrombus is a rare disorder. These ball thrombi are generally associated with mitral stenosis, and the restricted mitral orifice encloses the free-floating thrombus in the LA. There is a potential for fatal systemic emboli or mitral valve orifice occlusion that may result in sudden death. We report the case of a patient with tight rheumatic mitral stenosis in whom a ball thrombus was observed to bounce and rebound off the walls of LA on echocardiography. After the patient received anticoagulant therapy for 1 month, the thrombus was not found at surgery.
Nagaraja Kamalakar
Kadali Venkata
KV
Department of Cardiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, AP, India 500 482.
Jaishankar
Sadasivan
S
Venkateswara Rao
Chaganti
C
Seshagiri Rao
Damera
D
Peddeswara Rao
Pallem
P
Kapardhi
Pannala Laxmi Narasimha
PL
Rajagopal
Prabhala
P