Abstract
Left atrial ball thrombus is very rare entity and it is even rare to find a large free floating ball thrombus of left atrium in a post-operative patient. Thrombus of left atrium usually occurs in atrial fibrillation or in mitral valve stenosis. Here we are presenting a case of large ball thrombus of left atrium in a patient who underwent closed mitral commissurotomy 21 years back. A 50 years old female patient was admitted with history of breathlessness, palpitation and cough of one month duration. She was doing well after mitral valve commissurotomy. Her pre-operative trans-thoracic echocardiography showed a left atrial thrombus and severe mitral stenosis with valvular area of 0.7 cm2 and atrial fibrillation. Per-operative trans-oesophageal echocardiography showed a large free floating ball thrombus of left atrium. She underwent removal of left atrial thrombus and mitral valve replacement using Sorin Bicarbon valve.
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