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12560909

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
A 50-year-old man was transferred to our hospital for investigation of cerebellar infarction, thought to have been caused by cardiac thromboembolism. We assumed that the cardiac thromboembolism had occurred as a late complication of a percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) performed 7 years earlier. An echocardiogram and thoracic computed tomography revealed a protruding thrombus in the left atrium and an emergency operation was performed. The protruding thrombus was found to originate from the scar that penetrated into the intra-atrial muscular septum caused by the PTMC. After removing the thrombus, the scar was covered with normal endothelium and the mitral valve was replaced with a 27-mm St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve. We think that the thromboembolism was caused by mitral valve restenosis, atrial fibrillation, and endothelial injury in the interatrial septum during PTMC. Therefore, long-term follow-up and appropriate medication is recommended after PTMC, since restenosis and thrombosis are likely to occur.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Protruding thrombus in the left atrium found 7 years after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy: report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nobeoka Prefectural Hospital, 2-1-10 Shinkouji, Nobeoka, Miyazaki 882-0835, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports