0 a thick mass of blood that forms in a blood vessel and may block the flow of blood in the blood vessel: --
Arterial thrombosis is caused by a thrombus in an artery.
Six of these nine patients had evidence of atrial thrombus.
Postoperative echocardiography did not identify any right-to-left shunting, nor was intra-atrial thrombus seen.
Two years later in the same case, the thrombus seemed more tight.
The cardiac repair was sound but there was partly organized thrombus adherent to the tricuspid valve and ventricular septum patch.
It should be performed early after diagnosis since organization of thrombus may obscure the results.
Despite these difficulties, two independent observers agreed on the diagnosis of intraatrial thrombus in eight of 26 patients.
Although no intracardiac thrombus was detected, the stroke and the arterial embolization were considered to be of cardiac origin.
At autopsy, fibrous obstruction was noted proximal to the stent, and thrombus within the stent.
