title: Free-floating left atrial thrombus in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: echocardiographic findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cardiologia, Hospital Clínico, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oquendo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Casas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia