1. Moving Ball in Left Atrium-Presenting as Recurrent Syncope.
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SIHAG, BHUPENDRA KUMAR, KUMAR, BASANT, NEELAM, and NAGANUR, SANJEEV H.
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RHEUMATIC heart disease ,VENTRICULAR fibrillation ,AORTIC stenosis ,SYNCOPE ,ATRIAL fibrillation - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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