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Inadvertent embolic obstruction of the distal abdominal aorta and left renal artery during a percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty procedure in a patient with mitral stenosis is reported. The embolism was from a left atrial thrombus which was detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but not by transesophageal echocardiography.
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Park, J.H., Lee, G., Han, J.K. et al. Inadvertent embolic obstruction of abdominal aorta from left atrial thrombus after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 13, 351–353 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578673
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