Disaster Averted
A 46-year-old woman presented with a syncopal episode and was found to have a large thrombus traversing an atrial septal defect extending across the mitral valve. She was taken to the operating room for emergent thrombectomy. We present the case, imaging, and a review of published cases. (Level of D...
Main Authors: | Nicholas J. Shea, MD, MS, Sameer Singh, MD, Jeremy Song, MD, Isaac George, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | JACC: Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919306515 |
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