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12555634

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7-8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
Authors report the observation of a young woman of 30 years hospitalised for degeneration of a mitral biologic prosthesis. Transthoracic echocardiography visualizes a voluminous mass of the left auricle of which the character free and destitute of all parietal attachment, doesn't have can be established that by transoesophageal echocardiography that detects another thrombus also free and mobile of the left auricule, unrecognised by transthoracic way. The operative indication is carried in emergency but the patient dies suddenly some hours after this exam. From this observation and a revue of the literature, the contribution and risks possible transoesophageal echocardiography in the exploration of the mobile thrombi of the left auricle, are analysed. Account-held of the potential gravity of homodynamic and embolic complications, the emergency of the surgical indication is underlined.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-3928
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
408-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Mobile and obstructive thrombus of the left atrium. Value and risks of transesophageal echocardiography. Report of a case and review of the literature].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de cardiologie, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc. ahmed.hamani@caramail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review, Case Reports