[The usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of a free-floating thrombus in the left atrium]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1992 Feb;45(2):149-51.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The case of a patient with mitral prosthesis who had arterial embolism is presented. The transoesophageal echocardiogram showed a floating thrombus in the left atrium which had not been detected by transthoracic echocardiography. The usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of this pathology is emphasized.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography*
  • Emergencies
  • Esophagus
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thrombosis / surgery