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  • Title: [The usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of a free-floating thrombus in the left atrium].
    Author: González-Alujas T, Evangelista A, García del Castillo H, Rius T, Soler-Soler J.
    Journal: Rev Esp Cardiol; 1992 Feb; 45(2):149-51. PubMed ID: 1561470.
    Abstract:
    The case of a patient with mitral prosthesis who had arterial embolism is presented. The transoesophageal echocardiogram showed a floating thrombus in the left atrium which had not been detected by transthoracic echocardiography. The usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of this pathology is emphasized.
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