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.
2nd Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, 8-1 Shiroyamachou, Kagoshima 892-0853, Japan. tanokazu@po3.synapse.ne.jp
Kazuyuki
K
Tanoue
Masahiro
M
Sonoda
Naoshi
N
Maeda
Daisuke
D
Ikeda
Hitoshi
H
Tashiro
Kanyou
K
Tanoue
Toshihiko
T
Terashi
Kazuhiko
K
Nakamura
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