title: Successful anticoagulation for treatment of a giant left atrial thrombus.
abstract: We report the discovery at transthoracic echocardiography of a very large, sessile formation in the left atrium in a 77-year-old woman with permanent non-valvular atrial fibrillation who did not receive anticoagulant therapy. After six weeks of anticoagulation by subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin, a control echocardiogram demonstrated an almost complete resolution of the mass without systemic embolisation. This case highlights the success, without complications, of a medical anticoagulant therapy for giant left atrial thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Baudouin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marchandise
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight