title: Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus without mitral valve disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Rosai Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohkado
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Kyozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wakita
authors.forename: Kazushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: 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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