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Transesophageal Echocardiographic Detection of Thrombus Superimposed on Metastatic Left Atrial Tumor
Author(s) -
Lloyd Lancelot,
Raslan Saleem,
Nanda Navin C.,
Sunkavalli Kanti K.,
Davies James,
Alim Khwaja Sami,
Fan Pohoey
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-8175.2011.01426.x
Subject(s) - thrombus , cardiology , medicine , radiology , transesophageal echocardiogram
We present a 32‐year‐old male with metastatic thymic carcinoma invading the left atrium in whom two‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography was able to differentiate a thrombus superimposed on the tumor. (Echocardiography 2011;28:591‐592)