Spontaneous echo contrast masking thrombus in giant left atrium of mitral stenosis-a dilemma in clinical diagnosis

• Main Authors: Islam, A K M Monwarul, Salam, Md. Abdus, Sayeed, Md. Zahidus, Kibria, Md. Golam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: RC667 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87008/1/Echo%20PJMS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87008/; http://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.315.7602

Spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and thrombus in enlarged left atrium (LA) are common in mitral valvular disease (MVD) and SEC is considered to be a prethrombotic condition. Reliable exclusion of LA thrombus is important before any definitive curative attempts like percutaneous transluminal mitral co...