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ArticleJournal of cardiology cases2019

Sudden death as a first manifestation of left atrium thrombus in rheumatic severe mitral stenosis.

Mawada Ahmed, Bahaa Fadel, Mohammed Alamri, Domenico Galzerano, Khadija Alassas, Olga Vriz

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Article in Journal of cardiology cases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mawada AhmedEchocardiography Department, Heart Centre, MBC-16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
Bahaa FadelEchocardiography Department, Heart Centre, MBC-16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed AlamriEchocardiography Department, Heart Centre, MBC-16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
Domenico GalzeranoEchocardiography Department, Heart Centre, MBC-16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
Khadija AlassasEchocardiography Department, Heart Centre, MBC-16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
Olga VrizEchocardiography Department, Heart Centre, MBC-16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Left atrium and left atrial appendage thrombus is common in patients with mitral stenosis, causing significant morbidity and mortality. We described a case of rheumatic mitral stenosis, a 48-year-old female patient, who had undergone percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy 26 years back. She presented with an episode of palpitations and breathlessness on mild exertion. She found to have rapid atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Her echocardiography showed severe mitral stenosis and large left atrial thrombus intermittently obstructing the mitral valve. While she was prepared for urgent valve replacement she had cardiac arrest and died. The echocardiogram showed the thrombus was stuck and closed the mitral valve orifice. From this events we did a review in our institution about the mitral stenosis patients who found to have left atrium thrombus by routine transthoracic echocardiography in five years period. Looking for factors contributing to thrombus formation and outcome predictor, as to outline management plan. <

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AnticoagulationAtrial fibrillationLeft atriumMitral stenosisThrombus

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PMID31497175
PMCPMC6718824
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