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Lipomatous Hypertrophy of Interatrial Septum
Author(s) -
REDDY PUNURU J.M.,
MISSRI JOSÉ,
JAGJIVAN B.,
CLARK BERNARD A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1995.tb00851.x
Subject(s) - interatrial septum , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , multidetector computed tomography , muscle hypertrophy , computed tomography , cardiology , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography were utilized to diagnose a patient with lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum (LHIS). The role of other imaging techniques including computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for differentiating it from other interatrial masses is discussed.