European Heart Journal Advance Access first published online on October 16, 2006
This version published online on February 1, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl326
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Gigantic left atrial thrombus
Department of Coronary Disease and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Cracow 31 202, Poland
Corresponding author. Tel: +48602255122; fax: +48126336744. E-mail address: gacek@szpitaljp2.krakow.pl
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A 63-year-old woman underwent surgical mitral valvuloplasty due to rheumatic stenosis 36 years ago. Twelve years later, atrial fibrillation and recurrence of mitral stenosis were diagnosed. Mitral valve replacement was proposed but the patient