ACUTE LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS CAUSING CARDIOGENIC-SHOCK FOLLOWING MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT - REPORT OF A CASE

Authors
OKADA K YAMASHITA C OKADA M OTA T ATAKA K YOSHIDA M NOHARA H AZAMI T YOSHIMURA N TOYODA Y
Citation
K. Okada et al., ACUTE LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS CAUSING CARDIOGENIC-SHOCK FOLLOWING MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT - REPORT OF A CASE, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 25(7), 1995, pp. 643-645
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
25
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
643 - 645
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1995)25:7<643:ALATCC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We report herein the rare case of a 53-year-old woman who developed ca rdiogenic shock due to an acute left atrial thrombus following replace ment of the mitral valve. A definitive diagnosis was not able to be ma de using precordial echocardiography because of the broad, flat shape of the thrombus; however, transesophageal echocardiography imaged the thrombus in detail. The patient was initially stabilized by percutaneo us cardiopulmonary support after which a thrombectomy was successfully performed.