Volume 27, Issue 136, June 2023

Mobile left atrial thrombus - ping ball: A case report

Mohammad Al Shammri¹, Manal Alkhonezan^2♦, Shahad Alkhonezan²

¹Assistant Professor and Consultant in Cardiology and Echocardiography, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
²Medical Student, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Medical Student, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

A 45-year-old female with a history of chronic rheumatic heart disease, chronic atrial fibrillation and a past mitral balloon valvotomy in 2002, arrived at the hospital with severe mitral stenosis. A large free-floating thrombus was discovered in her left atrium she was recommended to undergo immediate surgery. The surgery successfully improved her condition without any complications.

Keywords: Ball thrombus, Left atrial thrombus, Rheumatic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, Mitral stenosis

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e279ms3016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i136/e279ms3016

Published: 27 June 2023