Giant left atrial thrombus in advanced mitral stenosis diagnosed by echocardiography and multislice CT--case report

Ann Univ Mariae Curie Sklodowska Med. 2003;58(2):330-4.

Abstract

The paper presents a rare case of the giant left atrial thrombus in the advanced stage of mitral stenosis. The clinical course of the disease was analyzed and the possibilities of imaging the lesions by echocardiography and multi-slice computed tomography were compared.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / complications*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed*