Thursday, October 31, 2019

left atrial clot

few patients present with left atrial clot. the size of same can vary from miniscule to large as a tennis ball . it can be fixed to left atrial appendage or mobile .usual patients with left atrial clot can present as stroke resulting in Cerebro vascular episode.on evaluation by doing a echo cardiography usually the clot is noticed . the ecg rythm of such candidates can be in fibrillation.
the eddy currant in flow of blood in the left atrial chamber will result in a clot formation .
operation is recommended for removal of such clot , at a same time correcting additional deformities  in mitral valve.

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