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Thrombus at Ostium of Coronary Sinus Discovered during Evaluation for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Author(s) -
Güvenç Tolga Sinan,
Karakuş Gültekin,
Karabağ Yavuz,
Özen Kaya,
Balcı Bahattin
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8175.2012.01693.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cardiac resynchronization therapy , coronary sinus , ostium , thrombus , dilated cardiomyopathy , heart failure , transthoracic echocardiogram , ejection fraction
A 50‐year‐old male patient with dilated cardiomyopathy was evaluated for cardiac resynchronization therapy. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a mass in close proximity to the coronary sinus ostium.The mass was considered to be a thrombus and found to have disappeared at the repeat echocardiogram performed following a month of anticoagulation therapy with warfarin. In this case report, we aim to emphasize the importance of coronary sinus imaging, especially during echocardiographic evaluation for cardiac asynchrony.