title: Right atrium thrombosis in nonvalvular permanent atrial fibrillation.
abstract: Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia in adults, and it is described as a relationship between it and right atrium thrombosis. A case of a 76-year-old man who presented with severe recent-onset dyspnea and several co-morbidities, such as permanent atrial fibrillation, with no anticoagulant therapy is reported here. Echocardiography showed a massive thrombus in right atrium, without any clinical or echographic signs of peripheral veins thrombosis. This article is also a review of the cases from literature.
authors.affiliation: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Ilfov Clinical Hospital, Internal Medicine Department, Bucharest Romania. alicebalaceanu@yahoo.com
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authors.lastname: Bălăceanu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000503:physiopathology*