Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus early after mitral valve replacement.
A 61-year-old woman was found to have a free-floating ball, thrombus in the left atrium on echocardiographic examination 2 weeks after mitral valve replacement and tricuspid, annuloplasty. The free-floating thrombus was successfully, removed by an open-heart procedure without clinical sequelae. The diagnostic value of routine echocardiography on follow-up of valve surgery is emphasized.
Sanae
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine,1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan.
Kazama
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Nie
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Miyoshi
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Machii
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Ohara
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Yoshimura
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D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*