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Tiago Judas1, Ana Rita Almeida, Margarida Rua Celeiro, Carlos Cotrim, Rita Miranda, Sofia Almeida, Margarida Matias, Cristina Outerelos, João Namora, Henrique Santos, Angelo Nobre, João Cravinho, Manuel Carrageta.
Abstract
The incidence of left atrial thrombi is higher in patients with mitral valve stenosis. Its presence and location have important implications in deciding on the therapeutic approach, particularly the need for valve repair. We describe the case of a 63-year-old patient, with asymptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, hospitalized due to community-acquired pneumonia, in whom investigation to exclude pulmonary thromboembolism revealed a giant left atrial thrombus, which required urgent surgery.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21874927
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Port Cardiol ISSN： 0870-2551 Impact factor: 1.374