Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus without mitral valve disease.
Reports of left atrial ball thrombus without mitral valve disease are few. We experienced a case of free-floating left atrial ball thrombus that developed in a short period in a patient with atrial fibrillation and dilated left atrium but intact mitral valve. Surgical removal of the thrombus was performed. It was presumed that atrial fibrillation and enlarged left atrium were the contributory factors to thrombus development.
Ohkado
Akihiko
A
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Rosai Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Nakajima
Seiichi
S
Inoue
Kyozo
K
Sakata
Masahiro
M
Wakita
Noboru
N
Ito
Kazushi
K
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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