Summary:A patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis was found to have a free-floating thrombus in the left atrium during echocardiography. Subsequently. the patient underwent surgical treatment. At surgery, a free thrombus was found within the left atrium. The postoperative course of the patient was satisfactory.
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