J Korean Soc Echocardiogr. 1994 Dec;2(2):220-224. Korean.
Published online Dec 31, 1994.
https://doi.org/10.4250/jkse.1994.2.2.220
Published online Dec 31, 1994.
https://doi.org/10.4250/jkse.1994.2.2.220
Copyright © 1994 Korean Society of Echocardiography
Case Report
Mitral “Hole-in-one Embolus” Detected by Transesophageal Echocardiography During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Cases Report
Boo-Soo Lee,
Sung-Oh Hwang,
Kyoung-Soo Lim,
Kang-Hyun Lee,
Kyung-Koo Ryo,
Jung-Han Yoon,
Keum-Soo Park
and Kyung-Hoon Choe
Abstract
Mass detached partially or completely from left atrial wall, may produce systemic embolus. If embolus is too large and mitral stenosis is coincidentally present, emblous may obstruct inflow tract of the left ventricle and result in rapid decrease of cardiac output and sudden death subsequently. We experienced a 59-year-old male victim with sudden cardiac arrest from obstruction(“hole-in-one embolus”) of stenotic mitral valve by left atrial mass(ball thrombus). which was detected by transesophageal echocardiography during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Keywords
Left atrial mass; Ball thrombus; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Transesophageal echocardiography
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