title: [Thrombus or myxoma?].
abstract: A case of a 70 year old female with permanent atrial fibrillation and a history of stroke is presented. Echocardiography showed the presence of an oval mass in the left atrium which suggested thrombus or atrial myxoma. The patient underwent urgent cardiac surgery during which a long thrombus, originating from the left atrial appendage, was successfully removed.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Kardiologii, ul. Alpejska 42, 04-628 Warszawa. bkusmierczyk@ikard.pl
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuśmierczyk-Droszcz
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michalak
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wołczyk
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parulski
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography