Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus developed in an 11-year-old child with restrictive cardiomyopathy during sinus rhythm: Manifested as a major thromboembolic event

Turhan H., Ocal A., Erbay A., Yasar A., Cicekcioglu F., Yetkin E.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.103, no.1, pp.111-113, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Letter
  • Volume: 103 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.08.054
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.111-113
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus is an extremely rare and serious disorder that usually occurs in the setting of a large, dilated left atrium with stagnant flow, commonly the result of severe rheumatic mitral stenosis and accompanying atrial fibrillation. In the present case, we report a free-floating left atrial ball thrombus developed in an 11-year-old child with idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy during sinus rhythm and manifested as peripheral arterial embolic event. To our knowledge, this is the first case of free-floating left atrial ball thrombus developed in a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy. Furthermore, this also is the first case of free-floating left atrial ball thrombus developed in a patient during sinus rhythm. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.