A Diagnostic Pitfall of Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Case of a Missed Large Mitral Valve Thrombus in the Setting of Suspected Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is frequently utilized in the initial evaluation of cardioembolic stroke. However, the diagnostic utility of TTE is often operator-dependent, and in conjunction with anatomical limitations, there is a range of sensitivities reported in the literature specifically...

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Autores principales: Kahn, Cameron, Rathore, Azeem, Lasseter, Timothy, Kogler, William M, Missov, Emil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10049876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37007301
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35495

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10049876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37007301
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35495

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