Huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis in congenital factor XII deficiency.
Factor XII deficiency has been reported to be a risk factor for thromboembolism as a result of inactivation of fibrinolysis. We describe a case of a huge left atrial thrombus with mitral stenosis, which was successfully removed surgically in a Factor XII deficient patient.
Hasegawa
Tomomi
T
Department of Surgery, Division II, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
Uematsu
Masahisa
M
Tsukube
Takuro
T
Takemura
Yukihiro
Y
Okita
Yutaka
Y
D000368:Aged; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis; D005175:Factor XII Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery