Key result
Free-floating LA thrombus presents as a rare cause of recurrent syncope in rheumatic mitral stenosis.
Why the study?
Recurrent syncope due to a large, free-floating left atrial thrombus is a rare presentation of rheumatic mitral stenosis.
Highlights a rare presentation of rheumatic mitral stenosis where a large free-floating left atrial thrombus causes recurrent syncope.
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Prompt echocardiography merits consideration for recurrent syncope in rheumatic mitral stenosis; this case leaves open the true incidence and management implications.
Rheumatic heart disease is the most common valvular heart disease in developing countries. Recurrent syncope due to a large, free-floating left atrial thrombus is a rare presentation of rheumatic mitral stenosis. We report this uncommon finding on echocardiogram in an elderly woman presenting to the emergency department with giddiness for the past few months.
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Reddy et al. (2022) studied this question. A large, free-floating left atrial thrombus was identified on echocardiogram as a rare cause of recurrent syncope in an elderly woman with rheumatic mitral stenosis.
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