Free-floating left atrial thrombus in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: echocardiographic findings.
We report a free-floating left atrial thrombus detected by 2-dimensional echocardiography in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Two-dimensional echocardiography permitted definitive diagnosis, thereby indicating emergency cardiac surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first reported detection of a free-floating left atrial thrombus by 2-dimensional echocardiography in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Unidad de Cardiologia, Hospital Clínico, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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Hernandez-Casas
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Garcia
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