title: [Unusual cause of myocardial infarction].
abstract: The authors report the case of a woman with an acute myocardial infarction in whom coronary angiography performed a few hours earlier was completely normal. Transoesophageal echocardiography showed two thrombi in the left atrial appendage confirming the thromboembolic mechanism of this infarct.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie des professeurs Roudaut et Douard, hôpital cardiologique du Haut-Lévèque, avenue de Magellan, 33604 Pessac.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Douard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santiano
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Broustet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roudaut
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*