Right atrium clot formation is a rare but severe complication of unsuccessful percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy that may require urgent surgical intervention.
Alerts clinicians to rare right atrial thrombosis after failed percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy; leaves open optimal prevention strategies.
This case report describes a rare complication of percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy (PTMC). A patient with severe mitral stenosis developed a clot in the right atrium after an unsuccessful PTMC procedure. Because of the high risk of thromboembolism, the patient underwent urgent surgery to remove the clot and to replace the mitral valve with a mechanical prosthesis.
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