A rare sighting: left atrial appendage thrombus seen on transthoracic echocardiogram

Jose Ruiz; Fadi Kandah; Maedeh Ganji; Robert F. Percy; Srinivasan Sattiraju

doi:10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.03.007

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Please cite this article as: Ruiz J, Kandah F, Ganji M, Percy RF, Sattiraju V. A rare sighting: left atrial appendage thrombus seen on transthoracic echocardiogram. J Geriatr Cardiol 2021; 18(3): 238−239. DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.03.007

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Please cite this article as: Ruiz J, Kandah F, Ganji M, Percy RF, Sattiraju V. A rare sighting: left atrial appendage thrombus seen on transthoracic echocardiogram. J Geriatr Cardiol 2021; 18(3): 238−239. DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.03.007

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A rare sighting: left atrial appendage thrombus seen on transthoracic echocardiogram

doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.03.007

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Department of Cardiology, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fl, United States
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Department of Internal Medicine, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fl, United States

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Corresponding author: fadi.kandah@jax.ufl.edu
Available Online: 2021-04-07
Publish Date: 2021-03-31

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