Moving Ball in Left Atrium-Presenting as Recurrent Syncope
Published: February 1, 2019 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/38389.12628
Bhupendra Kumar Sihag, Basant Kumar, Neelam, Sanjeev H Naganur
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Basant Kumar,
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh-160012, India.
E-mail: basantvimal@gmail.com
In patients with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis having atrial fibrillation, the “Ball valve thrombus” is an uncommonly encountered complication. A case of 42-year-old male with rheumatic severe mitral stenosis, mild aortic stenosis with moderate regurgitation presented with recurrent episodes of non-exertional syncope for seven days as chief symptom. He was in atrial fibrillation with controlled ventricular rate and echocardiography, showed a large ball valve thrombus in the left atrium. Thus, echocardiography facilitated for rapid diagnosis and earliest surgical intervention as a life saving measure
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