Rev Esp Cardiol
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Case Reports
[The usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of a free-floating thrombus in the left atrium].
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.