Authors
Sajan Ahmad Za
aDirector & Head, Cardiology, Lifeline Heart Institute, Adoor, Kerala & Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, TMM Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala
Abstract
Background: Acute coronary syndrome in a young patient should prompt a search for non-atherosclerotic causes too.
Case Presentation: This case demonstrates the classical finding of ball valve thrombus in a young female with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis and atrial fibrillation who presented with an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism.
Keywords: Ball valve thrombus, Coronary embolism