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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb;32(2):E45.
doi: 10.25270/jic/19.00105.

Left Atrial "Pinball" Thrombus Causing Recurrent Syncope

Nicholas Suraci  1 , Adrian Santana, Guillermo Garcia, Ivan Arenas
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Case Reports

Left Atrial "Pinball" Thrombus Causing Recurrent Syncope

Nicholas Suraci et al. J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 Feb.
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Abstract

A 75-year-old female was admitted due to a syncopal episode. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated severe mitral stenosis with a 5 cm, free-floating, left atrial thrombus intermittently obstructing the mitral valve orifice; she underwent thrombus removal and mitral valve replacement.

Keywords: cardiac imaging; thrombus; valve obstruction.

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