We report a case of a free-floating left atrial thrombus in a patient with severe mitral stenosis diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography. The Doppler technique was very useful in explaining some peculiar auscultatory and clinical aspects present in this rare complication of mitral valvar stenosis.

Doppler and echocardiographic diagnosis of a free-floating left atrial thrombus / A. Maltagliati, M. Pepi, C. Fiorentini. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0167-5273. - 25:1(1989 Oct), pp. 131-4-134.

Doppler and echocardiographic diagnosis of a free-floating left atrial thrombus

C. Fiorentini
1989

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We report a case of a free-floating left atrial thrombus in a patient with severe mitral stenosis diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography. The Doppler technique was very useful in explaining some peculiar auscultatory and clinical aspects present in this rare complication of mitral valvar stenosis.
Heart Diseases; Ultrasonics; Humans; Echocardiography; Mitral Valve Stenosis; Middle Aged; Thrombosis; Regional Blood Flow; Female
Settore MED/11 - Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare
ott-1989
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