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Echocardiographic features of right atrial thrombi
Author(s) -
Boulay Fabrice,
Danchin Nicolas,
Neimann JeanLouis,
Godenir JeanPhilippe,
Houppe JeanPierre
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870140805
Subject(s) - medicine , interatrial septum , thrombus , right atrium , cardiology , right atrial myxoma , myxoma , right heart , left atrium , atrium (architecture) , tricuspid valve , atrial septum , radiology , atrial fibrillation
The clinical and echocardiographic features of six patients in whom a right atrial thrombus was detected using two‐dimensional echocardiography are reported. In four patients with acute cor pulmonale, the thrombus appeared as a coiled mass moving freely within the right atrium and prolapsing through the triscupid valve. In another patient referred for syncope, a large coiled mass attached to the lateral wall of the right atrium was seen prolapsing regularly through the triscupid valve, simulating an atrial myxoma. In the remaining patient who presented with chronic cor pulmonale, two‐dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a motionless ovoid mass with a broad base of attachment to the interatrial septum.