A. Abaci et al., TRANSIENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIC ATTACK AND LEFT ATRIAL FREE-FLOATING THROMBUS - A CASE-REPORT, Clinical cardiology, 21(6), 1998, pp. 432-434
A patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis was found to have a free-floa
ting thrombus in the left atrium during echocardiography. Subsequently
, the patient underwent surgical treatment. At surgery, a free thrombu
s was found within the left atrium. The postoperative course of the pa
tient was satisfactory.