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PEDUNCULATED BALL THROMBUS IN A HYPERTENSIVE HEART

PEDUNCULATED BALL THROMBUS IN A HYPERTENSIVE HEART Ball thrombus of the heart is a rare pathologic entity.1 The 35 cases reported to date have included both free and pedunculated thrombi as well as large vegetative thrombi occurring in several cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis. A precise classification, although desirable, is probably only of academic interest because the clinical observations are invariably similar regardless of the type of thrombus. To date, however, free ball thrombi have been found only in association with mitral stenosis and therefore probably deserve classification as a separate entity.1a For a review of the clinical observations the interested reader is referred to the excellent report of Schwartz and Biloon.2 The outstanding signs are usually those of widespread and transient peripheral circulatory disturbances secondary to embolus, thrombosis or some degree of mitral valve occlusion with resulting gangrene of the affected parts. The cause of free and pedunculated forms of auricular thrombi is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

PEDUNCULATED BALL THROMBUS IN A HYPERTENSIVE HEART

STRADE, HENRY A.
JAMA , Volume 143 (16) – Aug 19, 1950
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American Medical Association
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0098-7484
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Abstract

Ball thrombus of the heart is a rare pathologic entity.1 The 35 cases reported to date have included both free and pedunculated thrombi as well as large vegetative thrombi occurring in several cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis. A precise classification, although desirable, is probably only of academic interest because the clinical observations are invariably similar regardless of the type of thrombus. To date, however, free ball thrombi have been found only in association with mitral stenosis and therefore probably deserve classification as a separate entity.1a For a review of the clinical observations the interested reader is referred to the excellent report of Schwartz and Biloon.2 The outstanding signs are usually those of widespread and transient peripheral circulatory disturbances secondary to embolus, thrombosis or some degree of mitral valve occlusion with resulting gangrene of the affected parts. The cause of free and pedunculated forms of auricular thrombi is

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Published: Aug 19, 1950

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