A novel clinical course of free-floating left atrial ball thrombus without mitral stenosis treated by anticoagulants.
Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus is rare. We describe a case of a 48-year-old man who had free-floating left atrial ball thrombus that was not accompanied by mitral stenosis and that was treated aggressively with anticoagulants. Echocardiography revealed dramatic disappearance of the thrombus.
Tanoue
Kazuyuki
K
2nd Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, 8-1 Shiroyamachou, Kagoshima 892-0853, Japan. tanokazu@po3.synapse.ne.jp
Sonoda
Masahiro
M
Maeda
Naoshi
N
Ikeda
Daisuke
D
Tashiro
Hitoshi
H
Tanoue
Kanyou
K
Terashi
Toshihiko
T
Nakamura
Kazuhiko
K
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014859:Warfarin / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin; D006493:Heparin; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator