RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Variable diastolic rumbling murmur caused by floating left atrial thrombus.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 190
OP 192
DO 10.1136/hrt.50.2.190
VO 50
IS 2
A1 C C Chen
A1 M C Hsiung
A1 B N Chiang
YR 1983
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/50/2/190.abstract
AB A 53 year old man with a history of rheumatic mitral stenosis was admitted to hospital because of recurrent fainting spells. Auscultation showed a variable diastolic rumbling murmur. Simultaneous echo- and phonocardiograms demonstrated a floating left atrial thrombus; when this passed into the left ventricular inflow tract and obstructed the mitral valve orifice the diastolic murmur disappeared.