Open AccessA free-floating left atrial thrombus visualized by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography
Author(s) -
Jülide Yağmur,
Halil Ataş,
Mehmet Cansel,
Erdal Aktürk,
Nevzat Erdil
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer099
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , thrombus , radiology
Left atrial free-floating thrombus is a rare disorder, which has a high embolic potential and may also cause sudden death because of the occlusion of the mitral orifice. In the evaluation of intracardiac masses, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) appears to be a new promising technique, which acquires a definite information …
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