Echocardiographic detection of pulmonary emboli-in-transit.
Echocardiography can detect pulmonary emboli-in-transit as mobile masses within the right heart. In this case report, a patient with biventricular failure had both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms which revealed a thromboembolus entrapped within the right atrium. Surgery confirmed the echocardiographic findings.
Giannoccaro
P J
PJ
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario.
Sochowski
R A
RA
Ascah
K J
KJ
D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery