title: Giant left atrial thrombus formation in patient with a previous coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus is a rare condition. We report a giant left atrial ball thrombus which was removed under surgery uneventfully, in a 48-year-old male patient with the presence of sinus rhythm and no valvular disease with previous off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inonu University, Malatya/ Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erdil
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Disli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yagmur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Secici
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Donmez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akca
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battaloglu
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Thrombosis; coronary artery bypass surgery; left atrium; reoperation