Left Atrial Thrombus Causing Stroke and Syncope: Does Size Matters?

Left atrium thrombus is seen in patients with rheumatic heart disease, severe mitral stenosis and/or atrial fibrillation, but is usually immobile and located in left atrial appendage. Freely mobile thrombus is rarely seen, and the size may vary from few millimeters to centimeters. The clinical prese...

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Main Authors: Surender Deora, Sunil Gurmukhani, Sanjay Shah, Tejas Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Heart India
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Online Access:http://www.heartindia.net/article.asp?issn=2321-449x;year=2014;volume=2;issue=4;spage=112;epage=114;aulast=Deora