title: [Transient ischemic attack due to Lambl's excrescence. Report of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: We describe a 42-year-old man presenting in the emergency department with transient ischemic attack without cardiovascular risk factors. Systemic disease and hypercoagulability substract was discarded. Only transesophageal echocardiography could confirm the presence of a Lambl's excrescence in the aortic valve (valvular strand). We review clinical management and new therapeutic options in stroke prevention used in this unusual source of cardiac embolism.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cardiología, Hospital Costa del Sol, Ctra. Nacional 340, 29600 Marbella, Málaga.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Siles Rubio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz de Castroviejo del Campo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tirado Miranda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jansen Chaparro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pavlovic
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology