Abstract
A 75-year-old female was admitted due to a syncopal episode. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral stenosis with a 5 cm, free-floating, left atrial thrombus intermittently obstructing the mitral valve orifice; she underwent thrombus removal and mitral valve replacement.
Keywords:
cardiac imaging; thrombus; valve obstruction.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Video-Audio Media
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
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Female
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Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
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Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
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Humans
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Mitral Valve Stenosis* / complications
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Mitral Valve Stenosis* / diagnosis
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Mitral Valve Stenosis* / physiopathology
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Severity of Illness Index
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Syncope* / diagnosis
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Syncope* / etiology
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Thrombectomy / methods
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Thrombosis* / diagnostic imaging
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Thrombosis* / etiology
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Thrombosis* / physiopathology
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Treatment Outcome