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Right Atrial Thrombus Simulating Myxoma on M‐Mode Echocardiography in a Patient with Pulmonary Emboli
Author(s) -
Whitford E. G.,
Harper R. W.,
Federman J.,
Skoien A.,
Anderson S. T.,
Pitt A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1982.tb03844.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , thrombus , myxoma , pulmonary embolism , right atrial myxoma , cardiology , radiology , venography , right atrium , thrombosis
Right atrial thrombus simulating myxoma on M‐mode echocardiography in a patient with pulmonary emboli. E. G. Whitford, R. W. Harper, J. Federman, A. Skoien, S. T. Anderson and A. Pitt. Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1982, 12 , pp. 543–545. Echoes from a right atrial mass in a patient with pulmonary embolism simulated a typical echocardiography appearance of a right atrial myxoma. The patient was admitted with recurrent pulmonary emboli and had evidence of deep venous thrombosis on venography. M‐mode echocardiography showed the appearance of a right atrial mass and right atrial angiography confirmed the presence of amass prolapsing from right atrium into right ventricle. Subsequent 2‐dimensional echocardiography and careful repeat M‐mode echocardiography failed to demonstrate the mass suggesting embolisation to the lungs or lysis of the thrombus.